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Missouri, California

Apr 20th, 2006
by AllergyNurse.
9 comments

I live in Missouri and this is the worst I have been sicker here than I was in California. I’ve been here for 13 years and it seems like I’m getting sicker and sicker every year.I don’t know where a person can go to escape. When I lived in California I lived in the Bay Area (the San Fransisco region), Northern California,L.A.,and the high dessert and I was sick in all of them. I’ve suffered with this all my life.

They say I’m allergic to dust and mold in addition to having many environmental allergies. There are times when I’m in a car and drive down a street and will become violently ill for no apparent reason to the point of passing out. I have learned that when this begins to happen I need to immediately pull over and go inside one of the larger resturants because they usually have a clean air system (Casa Gallarda saved my life) and I will normally recover in 5 to 10 minutes.
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Jamaica, St. Louis, maybe Alaska?

Apr 1st, 2006
by AllergyNurse.
2 comments

I’m from Jamiaca by way of the Bahamas and I’m a chronic, perennial allergy sufferer. My allergens are mold, ragweed, trees and dust. I’m sure there are some food ones thrown in as well.

Anyway I’m living in St. Louis since 1999 and it has been just awful. I’ve had two surgeries because my nasal passages keep growing shut and I’m always stuffy and breaking out in hives despite being on zyrtec, allergy shots, rhinocort and singulair. My ENT says he doesn’t know how to help me and my allergist keeps trying different combinations of drugs that wokrk for a time and then stop.

Alaska sounds like the place for me! What do you think? — Hillary, St. Louis

Climate and asthma – worst places to live

Feb 18th, 2006
by AllergyNurse.
13 comments

“There’s no such thing as an ‘asthma-free’ city,” says Mike Tringale, Director of Communications at Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. This is from a February 8, 2006, press release announcing the 2006 U.S. Asthma Capitals.

Topping the list are Scranton, PA, Richmond, VA, and Philadelphia, PA. Only one southern city, 4th ranked Atlanta, GA, made the top ten this year. You can check out the entire list of 100 Worst Cities for Asthma in 2006 from the AAFA website.

This is the third year AAFA has ranked cities for asthma. During the first two years, southern cities took the top three spots with the exception of third-ranked St. Louis, MO in 2005. St. Louis has consistently scored in the top ten all three years. In 2004, KY and TN topped the list, and last year (2005) Little Rock, AR (directly east of my western AR location) and St. Louis, MO (directly to my north) took the #2 and #3 spots. This year brought some surprises, as the North Central and North Eastern seaboard areas seem to dominate. See the 2004, 2005, and 2006 lists to see how your area fares.

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Alaska, Missouri

Dec 13th, 2005
by AllergyNurse.
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About 11 years ago, I moved from Alaska to St. Louis to go to school. i still live in St. Louis. From the moment I stepped off the plane I noticed a difference in my ability to breathe. Whenever the climate goes from spring to summer, I have great difficulty breathing, as if my lungs just won’t expand. I usually take allegra, and after about a month, I don’t have a problem anymore. This is a difficult month, though, and I often wish I could go back to Alaska during that time. — LB, Missouri

Missouri, North Dakota, Minnesota, Arizona

Oct 4th, 2005
by AllergyNurse.
19 comments

I am 25 years old and moved to Kansas city, MO from ND three years ago. Since I have moved, my allergies have gotten out of control. I am greatly allergic to mold and grass pollen. I have had recurrent sinus infections in ALL seasons and have subsequently developed asthma since moving here. I take allegra-D, inhalers and nasal sprays, but it doesn’t seem to do much. My allergies are better when I do go back up to MN and ND, however there are much worse even there than they ever were before I moved to Kansas City. Does anyone have experience with Arizona, specifically Scottsdale, and allergies? — Karri, Kansas City, Missouri

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