Moved to a new place, getting allergies

weeattoes · Oct 4, 2010

I just moved back to Texas and i have really bad sinuses right now and my uncle said that i am not used to the pollen and since i moved here i have had way more sinuse problems than usual.

My uncle told me that i should have some local honey and it would help..
What do you guys think?

DazedGypsy · Oct 4, 2010

ride it out..
don't take drugs. expose yourself and you'll adjust

weeattoes · Oct 4, 2010

My nose is hurting now...

That is a really good idea i was really thinking about getting some mucinex i hate feeling like shit and having to go to work at the same time.... but i also hate taking meds.

I do smoke still though.... sometimes when im high i guess i just don't pay attention to it and i feel ok.

Michael Phelps · Oct 4, 2010

Saline nasal spray, the non drug type, feels nice when my nasal passages dry out from constant running and blowing. Also, if you dust and vacuum it will reduce airborne particles that might irritate your respiratory system.

Meliai · Oct 4, 2010

Local honey for curing allergies isn't an old wives tale, it actually works. It works much in the same way a vaccination works. It introduces something to your body in such small doses that your body learns how to handle it instead of reacting badly. I started putting a tablespoon of honey in my tea every day right before the beginning of spring last year, and I didn't get any spring allergies. I usually have horrible autumn allergies but so far its been pretty mild.

weeattoes · Oct 5, 2010

Well as far as dust goes.. thats not something i can help.
I work in a very dusty place.. a re-sale shop.

Thats a great thing to know Meliai.
Thanks.!

Friday i am going to get some honey.

skip · Oct 5, 2010

They say it's eating local Bee Pollen that helps, not necessarily the honey. The pollen is what is giving you a reaction (besides dust).

You should douche your nose at least once a day. You can just uptake a bit of water and tilt your head sideways 45 degrees, then blow it out. You can get a Neti Pot to make this easier. The packaged saline solution I tried tasted like the soft plastic container it came in, so I don't advise that since you will likely inhale plastic in the process.

If neither option works and your allergies get worse, I suggest trying generic Zyrtec - Cetirizine, which works EXCELLENT for me on my bad days. No side effect, just relief!

But really if you just douche whenever it gets bad, you'll get immediate relief too.

blackcat666 · Oct 5, 2010

yeah, skip is quite correct in what he is saying.

where are you in texas? i'm in san antonio and, i can tell you the pollens have been quite bad this year. this has been the worst autumn allergies i have had in 30 years!

weeattoes i'll give you one word of warning right now. around december the cedar will pollinate. if the allergies are this bad now, i hate to even think, what they might be like when the cedar becomes active.

weeattoes · Oct 6, 2010

Thats a really good idea.
I'm taking this allergy medicine my aunt gave me it doesn't seem like i'm getting any better and i can't buy anything until Friday cause thats when i get paid..

Tonight when i get home i am gunna try to douche my nose and see how it works.
Thanks for the advice skip.

I am in Conroe. Its near Houston. I lived in Goliad when i was little but i didn't get allergies then.
I hate to think what they are going to be like also.

Dude111 · Oct 6, 2010

DazedGypsy said:

ride it out..
don't take drugs. expose yourself and you'll adjust
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I agree.....

Taking drugs HELPS NOTHING!!

Natural ways to deal with things ARE MUCH BETTER!!

Good luck

skip · Oct 7, 2010

A lot of ppl have success treating their allergies naturally by not consuming any dairy products. Try cutting back or eliminating all dairy products. You'll lose weight, and be much healthier since you won't be ingesting antibiotics, hormones and other crap they feed dairy cattle these days.

weeattoes · Oct 8, 2010

I don't have any dairy products to eat right now.....

but i was planning on getting some ice cream, milk, yogurt and cheese.

SpacemanSpiff · Oct 10, 2010

weeattoes · Oct 11, 2010

haha thats really freaky.

skip · Oct 11, 2010

BBAD said:

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Ah yes, the Neti pot for douching your nose.

Just don't put tea in it!

Now if you really want to get clean, yogi style, you'll swallow a 30' piece of cloth, then pull it back out your mouth once it's absorbed the crap inside...

skip · Oct 11, 2010

Here's what I'm talking about:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Taqgr2V54Zs"]YouTube - Vastra Dhauti

The yogic practice you refer to is called dhauti, the washing out of the stomach, and is one of the six purificatory acts prescribed for adherents of hatha yoga. In dhauti you swallow a damp cloth about four inches wide and 15 cubits (25 feet) long, ream out your plumbing with it, and pull it back out. Supposedly this will rid you of unhealthy impurities and cure you of various debilities, including coughs, an enlarged spleen, lymphatic afflictions, and even leprosy.
Another exercise called vasti lets you flush the equipment from the opposite end, by drawing water into the anus through a bamboo tube. This is guaranteed to make you a big hit at the frat house.
The project you describe is more elaborate than either of the preceding. The alimentary canal stretches some 30 feet from cheek to cheek, as you put it. Most of this is intestine, coiled up intricately in the abdomen. The view of the Straight Dope Biomedical Research Team is that: It's possible to coax a string through the stomach and a short distance into the small intestine. Physicians occasionally do just that using the "string test" when looking for intestinal parasites and such. However . . . You wouldn't get much farther. Peristalsis, the wavelike series of muscular contractions that normally propels material through the digestive tract, would be ineffective in overcoming all the friction that hauling a string would entail. It would probably just bunch up in your stomach. However . . . It'd be different if you were a cat. Like most carnivores, cats have a much shorter intestine than humans, and have been known to swallow yarn or string and have it come out the other end. Several grim testimonials on this score have been posted on the Straight Dope Message Board.
If you are genuinely desirous of probing your innards with twine, I can suggest an alternative yogic exercise called sutra neti, which involves a dampened, waxed string that you snort through one nostril. After a few days practice, it is claimed, you should be able to inhale the string with such velocity that you can fish the far end out of your mouth.
With both ends in hand, you can then engage in the practice of gharshana-neti, or string rubbing, which apparently is something like playing the Jew's-harp. Picture it: nasal floss! I guarantee, it'll be a day the gang in the car pool won't soon forget.
— Cecil Adams
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Yup, if nothing else works, try NASAL FLOSS!

SpacemanSpiff · Oct 11, 2010

I used to do that with spaghetti when I was little

weeattoes · Oct 12, 2010

Can you still do it?

white dove · Oct 12, 2010

U could be like that bubble boy, and live inside a giant bubble, ; )

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