Best areas to live with post nasal drip? (sinuses, allergy, cold)

[sheena12]

I am originally from a coastal town. (NYC suburb) The place became outrageously expensive for us, so we moved to PA. That's where the constant PND, sinus issues and hours of coughing.

We didn't find our niche in PA. We moved further west to Ohio. And I love it. However, it does not love me back. Everything is worse than ever. Winter is horrible. I am OK in the summer.

I've heard that places near the water - salt is best, but lakes can be OK - are better.

The kicker is I have not been diagnosed with an allergy. No one (went to the world famous Cleveland Clinic) can figure out what is wrong with me.

I know what foods set me off. However, the cold also does this. And Spring. And parts of Fall.

Any ideas?

[jaminhealth]

I was born and raised in PA and moved to So. Cal. 50 yrs ago. I was a slave to allergy drugs prior to 1995. And the sore throat queen. No more!!! I sent you a DM.

[bassetluv]

This post looks to be a bit old, but I'll respond anyway.

I hadn't heard about living around water affecting the severity of PND, but it is interesting. I have had PND for most of my adult life, and I grew up on the east coast, house just a few blocks from the Atlantic. I moved to Ontario when I was 30, and as years have gone by it's steadily gotten worse. I'd always attributed it to the fact that it simply worsens as one ages, but that was an assumption on my part. So I don't really know if the change in climate makes a difference....although, several people I've talked to who moved here from other places claim that their sinuses, allergies, etc. have become worse.

A doctor I saw years ago told me that I have chronic, non-allergic sinusitis. Some foods will cause symptoms to flare with me, and exercise will sometimes as well, but the biggest trigger for me is the outdoor temperature. As soon as the temps outside drop to around +10 deg. C (50 deg. F) and below, that's when my symptoms kick in, when I step outside. Constantly runny nose when I'm outside, post-nasal drip, sinus headaches and often stuffiness. It was so bad this past winter that when I'd take my dog out for a walk and bend over to clean up after him when he went to the bathroom, my nose would run like an open tap. Extremely annoying and frustrating. At any rate, I'm wondering if you could possibly have this condition, OP. If your doctor has never mentioned it, it might be worth looking into, at the very least to know what is triggering your issues.

[jaminhealth]

I have a friend who lives in the desert here in Calif and her allergies are horrible...she has tried to take grape seed extract and/or pynogenol but can't due to her colitis issues...

I live near the Ocean in So. Cal. and basically got rid of allergy/sinus issues with grape seed extract when I found it in 1995. Life of drugs and allergist before that year. Grape seed ex could really give you major relief...it's not a drug. I have not taken a drug for this issue in almost 21 yrs now...