I moved down from VA after a month long European trip, where I stayed sick the entire time. I know VA, esp. around the DC area is awful for allergy sufferers and my asthma has been worse in the last 10 years…now that I’ve moved close to the ocean, near Hilton Head, I had hoped I would be better, but I ended up in the ER at Coastal Carolina the second week after I arrived. I can’t get “healthy” when I have to be on steroids constantly…even the inhaled kind put weight on me like crazy. I want to go somewhere that will help me breath without rattling and wheezing….I’m starting to sound bad right now….and I’ve only been out of the hospital for a little over a week! I can’t exercise, I can garden….just like right now…I’m in the house with the AC turned up….this is no life in a area on the ocean with so much to do for people with their health!!! Help! – part 3 of 3 posts about asthma at home in SC and abroad -submitted by Khaki Berry in South Carolina
Washington DC [DC]
Sinus headaches in DC, improved in San Francisco and San Jose
I live in the DC area and suffer from allergies and sinus headaches. I wake up every morning with my face and head in pain…and ofcourse exhaustion from constantly being in pain. I recently visted California (San Fran and San Jose) for a week and my sinus pain disappeared the day I arrived. It was amazing! I couldn’t remember the last time I went for seven day straight without sinus pain. Yesterday I landed back in DC and woke up with severe sinus pain. — Sinus Sufferer, Washington DC
Early autumn roundup
From California to Ontario, New York, and Florida, ragweed seems to have made it’s debut early and with a bumper crop this August.
Lansing, Michigan:
Worst summer for allergies in decades
“The pollen count is…the highest it’s been in fifty years…. Ragweed everywhere and no relief in sight.” [WLNS, Lansing]
Los Angeles, California
Bumper crop of ragweed kicks off allergy season
“Summer rains followed by hot, dry temperatures in many areas have produced a bumper crop of ragweed.” [NBC4, Los Angeles]
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:
Break out of the mold
“A particularly bad year for mold spores and an accelerating ragweed season are giving them itchy eyes and runny noses.” [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
Ontario, Canada
Achoo! Ragweed arrives early
“Ragweed has made her a prisoner in her own house…. ‘It was July 30 when it started and it hasn’t stopped.’” [Hamilton Spectator, Ontario Canada]
Washington, DC
Ragweed arrives early in district
“If you’re an allergy sufferer who is feeling a little off this morning in that allergy-related kind of way, you can thank ragweed season for arriving two weeks early.” [DCist, Washington, DC]
Little Rock, Arkansas
Heat, humidity fueling hay fever
“Doctors say an increase in pollen, ragweed, and mold is creating more cases of hay fever.” [Today's THV, Little Rock, Arkansas]
Tampa Bay/St. Petersburg, Florida
Ragweed season starting up for allergy sufferers
“Ragweed season is upon us…. And this year, people may suffer more than ever.” [WTSB, Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida]
New York City, NY
Ways to cope with a brutal allergy season
“Allergy sufferers, the early predictions are in and get ready for an especially brutal fall season.” [WABC-TV, New York]
