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An anecdote about allergies. I take zyrtec (generic) for mild hayfever. Have been for almost a decade. So, I sort of figured I had allergies covered. I’d get co
by milesvp 7y ago
An anecdote about allergies. I take zyrtec (generic) for mild hayfever. Have been for almost a decade. So, I sort of figured I had allergies covered. I’d get cold/flu symptoms twice a year at roughly the same time each year, and just figured it was the seasonal flu (especially with school age kids, you get it all). I finally realized a couple years ago, though, that that most of the symptoms disappeared once I got to work, with it’s recycled and filtered AC. It took a long time to put this together since I’d tend to stay home when I thought I was contagious. So now I’m more aware of when the trees near me are dumping pollen, and it definitely lines up.
I say this to let you know that if you’re stuck at home, you may be more likely to be feeling the effects of local allergens that you might not feel if you spent less time at home. The symptoms you describe sound a lot like allergies to me. I’m not a doctor though, so please do your own research. And talk to a doctor about the symptoms, especially if they progress...
- totalZero 7y ago3M sells some high-quality home HVAC filters under the "Filtrete Healthy Living Advanced Allergen Reduction" label; you may want to try one for a couple of months and see if it helps you breathe better. They make a difference for me versus run-of-the-mill filters. I'm sure there are better ones out there, or cheaper ones of equal quality from a different brand, but in my experience these work quite well.