I have just moved from Michigan to the country of Jordan in the Middle East. I had bad allergies to all the Michigan trees, mold, ect.. I thought I would be so great in the desert. Boy was I wrong. I wake up and my ears and nose are running. I have aquired this awful cough. Started having asthma type symptoms late at night, early morning. Wheezing. I had to go get a shot from the doctor. I live in a city where there are few trees. Just dirt. So I have read people in the desert are allergic to certain shrubs but I think it could be the dirt. The red dirt is awful. A mansoon in the desert sent a sand cloud over the city a while back and that is when I started having those attacks. Does it ever go away? My 4 year old too. Why is it only us and no one else? So wierd. – submitted by Marissa, Jordan in the Middle East
Desert
Nasal allergies, asthma in Sacramento, desert, Las Vegas
I have severe nasal allergy such as sneezing, runny nose, watery eyes, sometimes coughing mostly late in the night or early in the morning. I live in Sacramento, California, considered to be the worst part of the US in nasal allergies. I am thinking to move into a desert type climate with least vegetation such as Las Vegas, Nevada. Please advise me about that. — Ahmad, California
Allergies in the desert
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