There's a lot of people complaining about #allergies right now, and NYC H+H just sent an email telling people how to deal with them.. but it's extremely bizarre to me that no one mentions home air filtration and wearing N95/KF94 masks while outside. Seems like common sense to me. One of my neighbors was wearing a surgical mask for allergies, which might work decently enough - but I find a well-fitting mask is much more comfortable than a floppy surgical mask!
It would be great if the outside would cease its assault on my face. I'm tired of my face being tired.
Worsening #allergies aren’t your imagination. A forestry professor explains #climatechange is extending pollen seasons by an average of 20 days and increasing pollen concentrations by 21% across North America: https://buff.ly/H3kmkdV
It's spring! Instead of the elliptical indoors, I've been opting for a longer outdoor walk while calling someone or listening to an audiobook, possible by the later sunset time and warmer weather. I enjoy watching the woods change with the seasons. I missed some of the daffodils, but I did see Virginia bluebells and the honeysuckle smells great. At home, I'm leaving the windows open: enjoying the fresh air and the sounds of the birds (coming quite close up to my window!). Sometimes there are less pleasant noises (freight train squeaking as it slows down), but they are not continuous. Closing the balcony door again does a good job of keeping the sound out. With the pollen count is picking up again, I use the Air Matters app (iOS and Android) to monitor the outdoor air quality and pollen. I take my off-brand zyrtec and my azelastine nasal allergy spray (tastes terrible if it goes down my throat instead of up my nose). I've been using my airgradient to monitor indoor conditions, including increased humidity and improved CO2: as long as there's not a fire going on or if I'm cooking, but it's not very windy outside.
https://air-matters.com/index.html
https://www.airgradient.com/ (Geerling Engineering 10% discount, I am not affilated: WG8N2JG)
Je dédie les 2 ou 3 prochains jours à éternuer sous antihistaminiques à l'hypermarché Auchan d'Olivet que je ne remercierai jamais assez d'avoir foutu des fleurs aux caisses au niveau du rayon fruits et légumes bénéficiant ainsi d'un brassage d'air naturel des pollens et effluves diverses sur tout le magasin.
Postdoctoral Fellow - Moltke Lab
University of Washington
See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-washington-27778-postdoctoral-fellow-moltke-lab/?feed_id=94726
#allergies #asthma #immunology #mucosal_immunology #parasitology #ScienceJobs #hiring #research
https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-washington-27778-postdoctoral-fellow-moltke-lab/?feed_id=94726
One day I'd like to be able to get up and NOT have dripping sinuses and watery irritated eyes...
Damn #Allergies 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDUSrxeZv6M
J'aime toujours beaucoup Viviane de la chaîne de vulgarisation Scilabus.
Je ne connaissais rien de l'asthme d'orage, où les conditions orageuses démultiplient le potentiel allergique des pollens.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderstorm_asthma
(l'article est une ébauche)
Seasonal allergy sufferers, what (if anything) works for your itchy eyes? I've never dealt with this at this level before. I am open to home remedies, OTC meds, Rx meds, old wives' tales, simple or complex incantations, and pretty much anything else.
"[A clinical trial at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London] would test whether adults like Chris with serious peanut allergies could be desensitised by training their bodies to tolerate the very thing that could kill it, calming down the immune system when it would usually over-react."
Good morning. Everyone brought flowers to yesterday's holiday gathering. Sadly, no one brought Claritin. #Photography #Today #Easter #allergies #Chicago
Hay fever isn’t just a nuisance, in Japan it causes serious economic damage. And the number of sufferers is only increasing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/04/21/japan/japan-allergies-pollen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #cedar #pollen #allergies
After eating pierogi from a new-to-me vendor at the farmers market, I had an itchy scalp — usually the first sign I'm having an allergic reaction to something I ate.
I took a couple Benadryl and the itchiness went away and I had no further symptoms — no need to pull out my EpiPen.
But this is actually good news! I've had an anaphylactic reaction to something I ate only three times, and in all three cases it was after a restaurant meal and impossible to find the cause.
But now I can ask the vendors next week what went into their food, and maybe identify what I'm allergic to.
Oh wow, I am tired. And sneezy.
https://www.europesays.com/2008272/ Researchers set up new devices to accurately measure pollen in the Netherlands #allergies #DutchPollenForecast #DutchResearchers #DutchScientists #Environment #GrassPollen #HayFever #Nederland #netherlands #Nieuws #pollen #PollenCounters #PollenForecast #PollenNetherlands #PollenRadarNetherlands #PollenResearchNetherlands #shru #spring #SpringNetherlands #TreePollen
Wow. It's taken me a day and a half to realize that the reason my nose won't stop itching and running and my eyes are constantly burning is because I'm allergic to dogs and the secondhand clothes I got all likely still have dog hair on them.
Finished making my new Corsi-Rosenthal box. The filters on my last one were waaay past shot. 
These things are an actual, for-realsies miracle if you have environmental allergies. I can already feel my sinus pressure fading away, and the cats have stopped being so sad and sneezy.
Inoculating the Odd in AuDHD 
