The yellow peril

[jinman]

If you are familiar with the phrase, this is probably not what you think it is. I'm talking about pollen. We live in the middle of oak woods, and the oak trees are in full bloom. That means everything that is outside is covered in a yellow haze of pollen. I rinsed my car off on Sunday afternoon and it was already coated in yellow by Monday morning. Our new decks and deck furniture have a golden yellow dusty layer and everything in the house is starting to also have a yellow tinge. Uncontrolled fits of sneezing are expected several times per day. Boy! I'll be glad when this oak bloom is over.

 

[brin]

Jim - We live in the middle of the piney woods of Georgia and we have yellow pine pollen everywhere there is a where....and yes snezzing fits is exactly right.

 

[Mousefield]

Past several weeks it's been the Alder tree pollen that has had me with runny nose and itchy eyes. Have to take pills for 2-3 weeks to help keep me going. The worst is over now, glad to not have lawn furniture covered with the yellow stuff.

 

[CurlyDave]

Uncontrolled fits of sneezing are expected several times per day. Boy! I'll be glad when this oak bloom is over.

Look up "neti pot" and try one. They are inexpensive and really work.

Sold in US drug stores as Sinucleanse they allow you to rinse your nasal passages with a mild saline solution.

I have been using one for 3 or 4 years and the relief is great. Sneezing is greatly reduced, and no more sinus headaches.

I know the idea seems weird to most people, but the relief is hard to deny.

 

[jayste]

Jim, not to mention all of those fuzzy, dingle berry, Blackjack thingy-ma-bobbers that put off a lot of that pollen!:laughing: If I've got 'em I know you've got 'em! We share the same type of woods around our homes.:thumbsup:

 

[charlz]

I know the idea seems weird to most people, but the relief is hard to deny.

:thumbsup: I've been using one the last few years. Simple, cheap and works well. For those times when you can feel 'stuff' or pressure in your sinuses its awesome to be able to get some relief. Bought mine at Walgreen's for $10 or so on sale. Looks like they are on sale again, at least online, not sure about in the stores:

Neti Pot | Walgreens

 

[charlz]

Jim - We live in the middle of the piney woods of Georgia and we have yellow pine pollen everywhere there is a where....and yes snezzing fits is exactly right.

I don't know what kind of pine trees they had when I lived in Vegas but they lined the streets near where I lived. The pollen would be drifted in the gutters like snow! :confused2: I never had problems with allergies until I lived there.

 

[bp fick]

Living where I do, in the Oak and Pine forest of the north, (think East Texas, but at the 45th parallel) that special treat awaits us in about a month. It is tough. I agree.

 

[brin]

I don't know what kind of pine trees they had when I lived in Vegas but they lined the streets near where I lived. The pollen would be drifted in the gutters like snow! :confused2: I never had problems with allergies until I lived there.

Charlz, It is the same with our Pine Trees here ..it is like yellow snow it actually blows in clouds and you have to use your windshield wipers sometimes when it's real bad if you are in the car. We can not leave any windows open in the house and the screened porch stays covered in the pollen..This will last at least a month..I know what you mean.

 

[Patriotic Stabilist]

We are in the middle of it right now near Houston. It's awful, I have blown the stuff off the driveway twice today, we have all those little things that fall off the trees, I end up raking up piles of them.

Luckily daughter has been desensitized to this stuff for the last year or so. She gets 3 shots a month then we just take Zyrtec year around also so we are good to go. But its really bad here north of Houston.