the sun is out and the sky is blue i fucking hate allergies and i bet you do to.

[sealie]

Honestly, it's glorious out there. and I'm stuck on the sofa sneezing my head off. if i go out I'll probably cough up a lung. Also if I scratch my skin off people might notice.

I want a space suit.

*sulks*

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[ratcreature]

Me too. I never really realized you could still develop serious allergies as an adult before my brother got a horse allergy that at first was something fairly harmless like a mild skin rash and red eyes when he was actually on a horse for a long time a few years ago (he first found out about it in Central Asia on a horseback trip, when he never used to have trouble with horse contact before), but last year ended him up in an emergency room with severe respiratory problems because he had accompanied his daughters to riding lessons and didn't stay away far enough, and now he has like these emergency supplies and his kids have to decontaminate themselves and all their stuff after they go riding (with other people, though he is really sad about missing out, for him his kids being horsecrazy is the worst).

[jimandblair.livejournal.com]

worst asthma attack I ever had was whilst on a horse riding holiday, and I am not looking forward to the next time that I am stung by a wasp or bee.

if it's in your family, you need to be aware. It might be sensible for you to have some OTC antihistamines in your medicine box?

[ratcreature]

Well, my brother's serious respiratory troubles were not so sudden that they came on like an attack, like some dramatic movie thing, he is just an idiot who thought his worsening state would somehow get better on its own, so he waited for hours and it just got worse and worse until it was a real emergency.

So far my only bad reactions have been to mosquito bites, which swell really badly for me though not with respiratory issues. But there might be a family sensitivity because my younger niece actually reacts even worse to mosquitoes, and also to wasps (I've never been stung by one so I don't know whether I'm sensitive), and with the latter she had actually needed an emergency room for her reaction. So yeah, I am wary of my insect reactions too. Mostly I try to avoid any bites with insect screens and using repellants.