[Tiger Beer]

As long as there isn't RAGWEED POLLEN, I'll be just fine!

Please, others, confirm for me there is no Ragweed Pollen in Southern Nevada!

[jfkIII]

More like TUMBLEWEED POLLEN.

[Buzz123]

OK, at the risk of sounding like a broken record I'm gonna say this one more time. You can be allergic to anything under the sun, including the sun. So if you are sneezing, it may or may not be from pollen. But if you consider sneezing as the only indication of an allergy, think again. Just about any complaint you have is more likely than not caused by allergies, and not just from one thing, but from a slew of things. By the time you notice symptoms you have most likely been affected by several things. If you have allergies, and I've yet to see anyone who doesn't, don't take drugs to cover the symptoms...eliminate them all together. You can either learn to do it yourself, or you can find a practitioner, but allergies can be eliminated. Start here:
BioSET® System - Achieving a Healthy Lifestyle Through Enzyme Therapy, Organ-Specific Detoxification and Desensitization for a simplified method of eliminating allergies,
and here:
NAET - Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Techniques are alternative allergy medications used to reduce or eliminate allergy and disease for the tech of all of the above. I just wish someone would have told me about 30 years ago.

[Rebecca40]

My allergies were actually better in Vegas, but it depends on what you are allergic to. If you are allergic to general dust, well, you're out of luck - just keep trying different meds until you find one that works - or get tested to help determine. Also, make sure that the place you live doesn't have any hidden mold in the walls or ducts. It is a real problem out there and you can't always see it. It might be worth having a qualified professional inspect for it if you didn't have a homeowners inspection. Its funny because from my understanding, a lot of people moved out there to avoid pollen allergies, and then brought their favorite landscaping plants with them because they missed them in their gardens, so now the allergies are as bad as elsewhere. No ragweed to my knowledge, though. Not a popular landscaping plant.

[RedRockAAAA]

Update and Reactions:
Thank you all so much for sharing your knowledge and info.

When we moved from our apartment to our house the symptoms improved. So, its possible the main culprit was the apartment. The apartment building was 20 years old...probably right on the mold theory. I am still suffering about half as much which is a great relief.

I have tried the netty pot. I recommend it to everyone as I am a believer in that all our systems need a good cleaning now and then. Unfortunatly, for me, a netty pot provides about 30 minutes of relief.

I will be visiting the sites recommended. they sound holistic which is great. In fact, if I could afford it I would be going to a chiroprator weekly. But, alas our insurance plan has been convinced by the medical 'industry' not to support chiropractory.

Again, thank you all.

[orca17]

I am native to the southeast as well (northern Florida), but I have had more allergy problems here than I ever did in the hot, moist climate I came from. Logic would tell you that just the opposite would be the case, but not so. Some possible reasons, some of which others have mentioned: (1) blowing sand and dust (probably the worst part of the weather here); (2) plant species that I have not been around before, but am sensitive to; (3) non-native plant species that aggravate allergies in a lot of people.

[Tiger Beer]

Originally Posted by Rebecca40

No ragweed to my knowledge, though. Not a popular landscaping plant.

Thankfully!