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08-06-2008, 03:19 PM
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Help! I don't know what to do.
I live in the Arizona desert. I do have severe allergies to dust. Unfortunately I can't move right now because I need to find a job someplace else first. Well anyway, it has been breezy here lately. The farmers have also been burning the fields. Now for the past week or so I have noticed that my chest hurts anytime I walk outside. Yesterday, there was a huge fire in the fields and my chest started hurting so bad that I thought I was going to pass out. My chest was also feeling really tight yesterday. I feel out of breath anytime I walk outside and they are burning the fields. I don't know if this is something I need to talk with a doctor about or not. I keep taking cough medicine and hope that will help but it hasn't worked yet. I am just so frustrated with going to the doctor because I have been battling allergies ever since I moved here and nothing they give me works.
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08-06-2008, 03:31 PM
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Do you take any other medications or have high blood pressure?
If not an alternative route would be red clover. It comes in tea and capsule form.
I think the tea works better. It feels fresher and more soothing.
Not to be used if preggers.
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08-06-2008, 03:31 PM
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Location: SUNNY AZ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bluebelt1234
I live in the Arizona desert. I do have severe allergies to dust. Unfortunately I can't move right now because I need to find a job someplace else first. Well anyway, it has been breezy here lately. The farmers have also been burning the fields. Now for the past week or so I have noticed that my chest hurts anytime I walk outside. Yesterday, there was a huge fire in the fields and my chest started hurting so bad that I thought I was going to pass out. My chest was also feeling really tight yesterday. I feel out of breath anytime I walk outside and they are burning the fields. I don't know if this is something I need to talk with a doctor about or not. I keep taking cough medicine and hope that will help but it hasn't worked yet. I am just so frustrated with going to the doctor because I have been battling allergies ever since I moved here and nothing they give me works.
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As a lifelong Az resident I hear ya......lots of crap blowing around. What about an inhaler to clear up your chest? If your doctor isn't giving you something that is helping i'd get a new doctor......get a second opinion at least. They should have ruled out any Rheumatic disorders.....try sleeping with a vick's mister in the meantime
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08-06-2008, 04:02 PM
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Location: somewhere
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sounds like you may have alittle reactive airway disease going on. You should see your doctor and get an inhaler. They will make a huge difference. The winds and allergies seems particulary bad in AZ and NM this year. I live in NM and this was the first year I had allergies, my doctor said I has asthma for the first time at age 42 so I have to make sure I have an inhaler around. You really need to get it checked since it can progress into something really serious really fast.
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08-07-2008, 07:11 PM
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Location: Leaving fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada
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Try a neti pot. When I lived in Vegas it really helped me.
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