I grew up in Connecticut. I lived there until I was in my late 20′s. I suffered from horrible seasonal allergies. I moved to Iowa, where I lived for four years. My allergies decreased considerably. Too bad I didn’t like living in Iowa. Longing to move “back east,” I relocated to West Virginia. I have been here a little over a year and my allergies are terrible. Worse than they ever were in Connecticut. I have had sinus infections galore as well. Too make matters worse, my son, who was born in Iowa, has shown symptons that he might have asthma since moving to West Virginia. In my opinion, Connecticut and West Virginia are not good for allergy sufferers. – Tina, West Virginia
November, 2007:
Mold, trees, grass and weed allergies in Florida, better in Idaho
I have two experience with two different climates. One being positive and the other negative. Currently, I live in Pensacola Florida (I love the area) but, I have severe allergies and asthma and I am sick atleast 6 months out of the year!! (no exaggeration)I am extremely allergic to mold, trees, grasses, weeds ect. and Florida has an overabundance of this. We are military and trying to move out west again. My positive experience is out west in Idaho. We lived there from 1995-2003 and I had no allergy or asthma symptoms (maybe every once in a while) but, I didn’t have to take any allergy or asthma medications!! It was wonderful!!! The dry climate is much better for me than the humidity. I always heard about “moving to AZ if you have asthma”. I think this is true….I am much better out west. The humidity makes my asthma symptoms (mold is the culprit for me) worse. With dry heat, mold can’t grow. So, we are going to try to get a humanatarian assignment somewhere out west because I am so sick all the time. I hope we can do this because my husband still has about 6 years left in the USAF and I don’t want to suffer and live here in Florida any longer. We have been here for 3 years now. – Cathy, Florida
Alternaria mold is big player in New England, symptoms gone in Florida
New England states and the east coast are very bad if you have Alternaria mold allergy. This is the big player. I have very severe symptoms year round. They range from a-fib,hives, joint pain, stomach problems and many more. when I go to Florida, they are gone and I have a lot more energy. – Chuck, New England
Allergies and asthma in California, Chicago, South America, Florida
I moved when I was 3 from Los Angeles to Chicago and got ashtma. I moved to South America and it went away. I moved then to Chicago and was fine. I then moved to West Palm Beach Florida. My days and nights are miserable cant breath cant drink or eat anything. As soon as i go to Chicago 3 days later everything is gone. But I dont like Chicago anymore. I’m considering going to California to see what happens? — John, Florida
Are these eight states allergy-free?
Last week’s questions about allergies in Boise Idaho has yielded no comments. But it made me think. We’ve been publishing climate information here in Allergy Climates and Seasons for almost 2 1/2 years. Yet no one has written about the 8 states listed below. Are we to assume that these states are allergy-free? Please share any allergy experience you have had in these states.
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Idaho
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Rhode Island
- Vermont
- West Virginia
–AllergyNurse
