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POLL:  Weather-Related Sinusitis/Asthma

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Steven L. - 18 Jun 2007 21:26 GMT
I'm curious whether other folks have as much trouble with
weather-related sinusitis as I do.  I was diagnosed with adult-onset
asthma and the weather, needless to say, affects that as well.  It's
gotten to the point that I can practically forecast the weather based on
how my respiratory system feels.  :-)

Which of the following weather conditions causes your sinuses or asthma
the most trouble:

1.  Hot, dry (desert)

2.  Hot, damp (muggy)

3.  Cold, dry

4.  Cold, damp (raw and/or foggy)

5.  Thunderstorms

6.  Snowstorms

7.  Other (what planet do you live on?)

8.  None; it doesn't matter

For me, the worst is ALWAYS cold w/high humidity:  Here in Massachusetts
where I live, we often get these damp, raw, misty, drizzly days with the
wind coming from the northeast.  And my sinuses react accordingly.

When the weather is cold and dry, it also tends to thicken mucus but I
have ways of dealing with that.

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Susan - 18 Jun 2007 22:02 GMT
> I'm curious whether other folks have as much trouble with
> weather-related sinusitis as I do.  I was diagnosed with adult-onset
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> When the weather is cold and dry, it also tends to thicken mucus but I
> have ways of dealing with that.

I haven't had asthma symptoms since going back on Dr. C's wonderful
allergy shots.  In the past, the only weather condition that ever
triggered it for me was hot, humid and very hazy, polluted air.  That
only happened one awful summer.  Other than that, I used to get a
flaming hot airway from moldy conditions, and immediate mucusy stuff
with a choking feeling from very dusty conditions.

Susan
dreamharp - 18 Jun 2007 22:39 GMT
> I'm curious whether other folks have as much trouble with
> weather-related sinusitis as I do.  I was diagnosed with adult-onset
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> Email:  sdlit...@earthlinkNOSPAM.net
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For me, my worst symptoms are in damp humid cold air. Maybe I have
mold allergies (4)
joe.rocket1@gmail.com - 18 Jun 2007 23:04 GMT
Another one for cold and damp. Next down the list cold and dry.
Murray Grossan - 19 Jun 2007 07:22 GMT
On 6/18/07 2:39 PM, in article
1182202753.021046.302390@j4g2000prf.googlegroups.com, "dreamharp"
<janishuether@hotmail.com> wrote:

>> I'm curious whether other folks have as much trouble with
>> weather-related sinusitis as I do.  I was diagnosed with adult-onset
[quoted text clipped - 35 lines]
> For me, my worst symptoms are in damp humid cold air. Maybe I have
> mold allergies (4)

When you have allergy, the body reacts violently to temperature changes with
sneezing hacking and congestion. Carry a windbreaker in summer to reduce
sharp temperature changes' effect on allergy symptoms and drink hot tea.
ellen - 19 Jun 2007 16:58 GMT
> On 6/18/07 2:39 PM, in article
> 1182202753.021046.302...@j4g2000prf.googlegroups.com, "dreamharp"
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> sneezing hacking and congestion. Carry a windbreaker in summer to reduce
> sharp temperature changes' effect on allergy symptoms and drink hot tea.

man, i wish that a windbreaker was all it took to reduce temp/
barometric/etc changes on my system.  there is no doubt that allergen
load, stress, & hormones, pollution, etc. impact the whole picture,
but there is definitely a neurological component that interplays with
the weather.  keeping up with the hot tea, though.

ellen
Johnny1000@webtv.net - 19 Jun 2007 00:09 GMT
sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net (Steven L.) wrote:

>I'm curious whether other folks have as much
> trouble with weather-related sinusitis as I do.

If there's a "low" moving in, my sinuses let me know.   ....Jon
David - 19 Jun 2007 04:08 GMT
cold and damp is worst.
cold and dry is next.

hot weather makes me better!
Shirley ann - 19 Jun 2007 12:04 GMT
The winter time is bad for my sinus's when the heat comes on for the
winter.

They act up with a change in the weather as I usually will get a sinus
headache.

Windy days at anytime of the year.

Pollen in the Spring.

Hot humid days I stay indoors as much as possible with the AC on.

shirleyann
ellen - 19 Jun 2007 16:41 GMT
> I'm curious whether other folks have as much trouble with
> weather-related sinusitis as I do.  I was diagnosed with adult-onset
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> Email:  sdlit...@earthlinkNOSPAM.net
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9.  all of the above(?)

but if i had to rank in order of greatest to least havoc/mayhem
inflicted:
-hot, damp (currently getting a horrific reminder of that)
-cold, damp followed closely by
-thunderstorms (these reactions must somehow be great if you're an
animal who needs to lead the flock to safety, but are definitely
maladaptive to my lifestyle)
-snowstorms
-hot dry
-cold dry

throw them all together in different arrangements & you get one big
mess.  so what planet do i need to move to?

ellen
Neil Brooks - 19 Jun 2007 17:28 GMT
>1.  Hot, dry (desert)

In a big way.

>3.  Cold, dry

In a slightly smaller way, but it might be an altitude (Rocky
Mountains) thing....
SerenaK - 19 Jun 2007 22:13 GMT
> Which of the following weather conditions causes your sinuses or asthma
> the most trouble:
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>
> 6.  Snowstorms

I've had the opportunity to compare "hot,dry (desert)" and "cold, damp"
and/or "hot, damp"  by living back and forth in both locations over time and
found that both are bad. So it might just be me! The desert seems to dry
everything up and make it impossible to get out. And the crappy air quality
doesn't help. (Thank you, btw, for your recent link to scorecard.org.
Excellent site for quick, relative pollution data!)
Cool, coastal location helps in some ways to make things more fluid, but
volume of congestion seems greater. I have a feeling mould allergies are a
factor.

For me, the best I ever feel "respiratorily" is "cold/dry" and if there's
snow on the ground, even better!
(Let's not even go into how migraines let you predict the weather :)
truehawk - 20 Jun 2007 05:08 GMT
> > Which of the following weather conditions causes your sinuses or asthma
> > the most trouble:
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> snow on the ground, even better!
> (Let's not even go into how migraines let you predict the weather :)

With great sympathy for you all, could I suggest that you might get
someone to change your air handleing system's
filters every month and make sure that they know to bag the old
filters immediately?

If you do your own, wear a mask!
Rick B. - 20 Jun 2007 06:00 GMT
Actually, with me, it's a combination of indoor pollutants and wild
climate swings here.  It's leveling off a bit as we go into summer and
where the temp is going to be in the 90s until the middle of October.
Then again, that's fine with me as I'm a sun worshipper.  I just feel
better laying out  in the hot sun (except when I'm in business
attire).  

As far as indoor, I'm dealing with a chronic dry hack I think was
brought on by dusting the hell out of a space that hadn't been dusted
in a long time.  It's like a constant ticklish feeling.  At least it
doesn't bother me when I workout like a madman at the gym.  At home, I
also remember to buy the better air filters, which last me maybe a
month at most before I replace them.  

Riding the bus to work is a crap shoot.  From A/C in the car to humid
sweaty walk to bus, to sometimes igloo hour commute, then back to
humidity until I reach the office.  At least I've figured out how to
control the temp there - call the maintenance guy.

Oh, well, I'm not complaining too badly, thank God I do the allergy
shots.
MZB - 21 Jun 2007 04:01 GMT
Steve:

Weather CHANGES get me (spring/fall)

Mel
> I'm curious whether other folks have as much trouble with weather-related
> sinusitis as I do.  I was diagnosed with adult-onset asthma and the
[quoted text clipped - 27 lines]
> When the weather is cold and dry, it also tends to thicken mucus but I
> have ways of dealing with that.
 
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