What effect does exposure to vapors and other oil spill-related hazards in the Gulf of Mexico have on those with asthma and other respiratory allergies? I’ve collected some of the current responses to these issues, but we want to hear from you. If you live or work in the gulf, or feel your allergies or [...]
Posts under ‘Coast/Beach’
Beach-dweller from VA: cough, itchy throat, ears, eyes in TX
I was in the military and originally from VA. I lived by the beach there while being stationed in the military and even after I got out of the military. I had an occassional sinus infection. Since moving to TX my son and I both get swollen eyes, coughing, itchy throats and ears and eyes. [...]
Coast or beach, Florida, South Carolina, Arkansas
I have not noticed anyone talk about moving to any coastal/ beach areas? For the past 4 years my wife and I vacation to florida and east coast (myrtle beach,south carolina). All allergy symptoms are pretty much gone when we’re there. My nose clears up, I can see better, less mental fog, etc. As soon [...]
Asthma: Rome or Milan Italy, Europe, and Miami, Florida
I don’t care if a doctor says theres no better place to live with asthma because there are better places. If they are not asthmatic they will never know the feeling, the torture, the shallowness of breath we can feel. No one will understand unless they are touched by this lung disease. But one place [...]
Offshore breeze always helps
I have had asthma/allergies since an infant. I have lived in Oak Harbor & Tacoma Washington; Tucson Az; Va Beach, Va; and now SD, Ca. Living where there is an offshore breeze always helps to keep the air clean & easier to breathe. We now have no carpeting, and a air cleaner in each rm; [...]
England, Europe, Germany, Florida
My hayfever (pollen allergy & asthma): The worst area: England, Cornwall, Devon, Central Europe. The best area: German Baltic coast, Florida — Mirek, Europe
Illinois and Western U.S.
Illinois (Chicago area): Awful. Lived there as a child, was often miserable. Northern New Mexico: Moderate symptoms, but a tremendous improvement from Illinois. Northern Utah: No symptoms whatsoever. Eastern Washington (Tri-Cities): Bad, too much airborne dust. Western Washington (Seattle): Light symptoms, dramatic improvement. Western Oregon (Portland): Awful. Ryegrass season was sheer hell. 80-90% of the [...]
Nebraska, Alabama, California, Maryland, South Dakota
Grew up just South of Omaha and had horrible allergy problems since the age of 8. Not so bad in the winter. A change of diet that avoided additives, preseratives, corn syrup, and others… helped A LOT. A move to Hunstville, Alabama when I was 30 didn’t change much for the allergy problems, but definately [...]
Surviving spring allergies
My friend in Australia goes camping at Christmas and sits by the fireplace in June. She’s preparing for fall now. But for much of the globe Spring has arrived, complete with lovely blooms, furious storms, and allergies. The American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology offers a number of tips to make life easier for [...]
Albany, NY
If you are like I am, a chronic suffer of sinusitus, then Albany, New York, is one of last places on earth you should consider as a place to live. Don’t get me wrong, I love everything else about this place, after living here for 20 years. However, I have been literally devestated, overwhelmed and [...]
