Allergies and being sick sucks. :(

[Kristi23]

I just have to vent a little. My allergies are horrible and I decided to help out with yard work Sunday. Now since Sunday night, I can't breathe, can't swallow, and my neck is even swollen looking. My temp is only 99.3, so I'm not sure if I'm sick or if it's just from being outside. Either way, I don't like it and I don't have time to be sick.

 

[OhioGecko]

This allergy season has been horrible. I hope you get to feeling better soon Kristi.

 

[Mel&Keith]

I empathize completely. I've had seasonal allergies for a while but it seems more like year round allergies for the past couple years. I've even formed a couple of food allergies. I wonder if it's related to pollution or something.

Kristi, take some Airborne and see if it helps prevent really getting sick. It's worked for me a few times.

 

[ariana]

im sorry youre sick!!
my mom is allergic to EVERYTHING!
all grasses, trees, pollens, molds, and some animals...
shes miserable year round.
she takes 3 diff allergy meds a day, and on top of all that she has asthma!!!
a hot shower sometimes works for her, so maybe you could try just sitting in the shower and see if it helps you breath

 

[sammer021486]

I feel your pain, I have been sniffling, sneezing, sinus hurting since june 09, I am allergic to grass pollen, but have been good for the past 11 years, but since June I have been just as bad as I was when I first found out I was allergic to grass and its pollen.

Last night was the worst though, I think that I am allergic to superworm and mealworm frass or the chicken feed I am using because last night I had almost an asthmatic attack (became very heavily congested in minutes, I know that asthma is normally considered restriction of the airway due to inflammation) when my fiancee stirred up the bedding looking for fresh worms for the geckos.

I have noticed that I break out in hives and have sniffles after cleaning the mealworm's bins, so I normally take a benadryl before I begin, but I was not expecting my fiancee to start sifting through the bedding so hard looking for worms to stir up the dust. I normally can feed the geckos and sift through bedding with my hands and be fine but if the dust really gets stirred up I start reacting.

I have tried other brands of allergie medicine available here in Canada, but I have found the extra strength Reactine is the best one available for me.

 

[Kristi23]

I just wish I knew if this was allergies or a cold. I'm taking Claritin D, benedryl, and nyquil right now. I'm allergic to so many things and my allergies have been getting worse the last couple years. The mealworms kill me, but I get thru it because I need to breed my own feeders if I want this many animals. Grass, pollen, and ragweed are big ones for me. I know that pollen has been extremely high here for a couple weeks now.

I just need to be 100% by Saturday. My daughter has sectionals for track so I'll be outside all day.

 

[latshki]

I have actually just started to get allergies
in the fall i was getting swollen and has itchy eyes after being outside with my nose all stuffed up and its been back the past few days and today my eyes have been really bothering me and when puss started coming out I decided to stay home, apparently its an allergy born pink eye YUCK

 

[Kristi23]

Still the same today. Maybe it's a head cold that started from allergies.

 

[sammer021486]

Still the same today. Maybe it's a head cold that started from allergies.

have you tried using Zyrtex? It is labeled as Reactine here in Canada it works the best for me.

I have used Aerius (clarinex in US) and Claritin-D and they did nothing for me.

I started taking Reactine again after the meal/super worm attack and I am cleared right up, even the sinus congestion is gone.

 

[SFgeckos]

Hope you feel better soon! I get bad allergies particularly during the spring and late fall. I hate it when I have congested sinuses! Sometimes I wear a facemask, not in public though haha

It's not uncommon for people to develop allergies to antigens that they encounter everyday, I know biomedical researchers that developed allergies to mice/rats and even a few reptile hobbyist that became allergic to mealworms/mice!

On a side note, if Claritin works for you- you can save money by purchasing the generic form: Loratadine 10 mg, it's about $8-$10 for 100 pills! (compared to 30tablets for $20 of Claritin in stores)

Jon