Guest guest Posted September 18, 2010 Report Share Posted September 18, 2010 This struck me a little funny that they would identify a day when asthma problems were the highest. Leaf mold is a major allergen for me. When my father was dying of cancer in August, 1997, my allergies and asthma went nuts. The pollen counts were less than 10 ppm which should have been nothing to bother me, but I was a mess. Then my mother suggested I check out the mold counts which were reported on another page of the paper. Leaf mold was 38,000 ppm which was over 1000 times higher than the level needed to cause a reaction. We closed the windows and left the A/C on and my head cleared up. Now I would have kicked up my sinus rinsing with salt water to twice a day to stay out of trouble. Thanks for the interesting article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2010 Report Share Posted September 18, 2010 LOL I have to agree. The article is interesting, and may be accurate for general trending and those with fall allergies. However, for those of us who don't fit anyones chart......... Madeline To: asthma Sent: Sat, September 18, 2010 11:45:47 AMSubject: Re: info - September 23 This struck me a little funny that they would identify a day when asthma problems were the highest.Leaf mold is a major allergen for me. When my father was dying of cancer in August, 1997, my allergies and asthma went nuts. The pollen counts were less than 10 ppm which should have been nothing to bother me, but I was a mess. Then my mother suggested I check out the mold counts which were reported on another page of the paper. Leaf mold was 38,000 ppm which was over 1000 times higher than the level needed to cause a reaction. We closed the windows and left the A/C on and my head cleared up. Now I would have kicked up my sinus rinsing with salt water to twice a day to stay out of trouble.Thanks for the interesting article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2010 Report Share Posted September 18, 2010 My asthma has been behaving for the most part but my allergies have been messed up with the ragweed this year. I'm more sensitive this year than in the past and my doctor says that allergies/asthma can change year to year. My dd has been having fits with allergies too. I gave her some sudafed and zyrtec last night and she said she finally got to sleep when things calmed down a little bit.From: Madeline Ingram To: asthma Sent: Sat, September 18, 2010 2:25:34 PMSubject: Re: Re: info - September 23 LOL I have to agree. The article is interesting, and may be accurate for general trending and those with fall allergies. However, for those of us who don't fit anyones chart......... Madeline To: asthma Sent: Sat, September 18, 2010 11:45:47 AMSubject: Re: info - September 23 This struck me a little funny that they would identify a day when asthma problems were the highest.Leaf mold is a major allergen for me. When my father was dying of cancer in August, 1997, my allergies and asthma went nuts. The pollen counts were less than 10 ppm which should have been nothing to bother me, but I was a mess. Then my mother suggested I check out the mold counts which were reported on another page of the paper. Leaf mold was 38,000 ppm which was over 1000 times higher than the level needed to cause a reaction. We closed the windows and left the A/C on and my head cleared up. Now I would have kicked up my sinus rinsing with salt water to twice a day to stay out of trouble.Thanks for the interesting article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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