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December 12, 2009 Allergic to Rain
Of all the ridiculous allergies (and believe me, there are some ridiculous ones) I think I might have the weirdest. I'm allergic to rain.
From what I can find out, it's technically the mold spores that proliferate in damp weather. I can start timing when the first drops fall; if it's not dry and sunny again six hours later, I'll have a sneezing fit six hours after that. The sneezing (along with its inglorious companions, itchy eyes and tickly throat) doesn't clear up until about a day after the weather does. Sinus Rinse helps some, but it doesn't hold back the dirty looks Rob throws my way as I disturb his existence with my sniffling.
Allergic to rain. There are worse ailments, I'm sure. But this is just embarrassing.
From what I can find out, it's technically the mold spores that proliferate in damp weather. I can start timing when the first drops fall; if it's not dry and sunny again six hours later, I'll have a sneezing fit six hours after that. The sneezing (along with its inglorious companions, itchy eyes and tickly throat) doesn't clear up until about a day after the weather does. Sinus Rinse helps some, but it doesn't hold back the dirty looks Rob throws my way as I disturb his existence with my sniffling.
Allergic to rain. There are worse ailments, I'm sure. But this is just embarrassing.
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