Pollen these days?

[Kalin KOZHUHAROV]

Hi fellow hackers,

I just came back from USA this early morning (to Tokyo) and I seem to
be getting sick and it seems like allergy, similar to kafunsho, but
I'll need a few more hours before I know. My wife and kid had similar
symptoms from 2-3 days ago (throat problems, eye problems, etc.)

I looked a few websites, but nothing shows info, they say polen season
is over... There was one site showing alert levels:
http://www.accuweather.com/en/jp/tokyo/226396/allergies/226396#
But no background info on why.

Does anybody know anything, before we run to the doctor tomorrow?
Does anyone have similar symptoms suddenly started a few days ago?

Kalin.

[Mikele]

me, I am immune to anything as long as I drink enough red wine daily.

but my sober wife had running nose and felt sick all day on Sat.
she is prone to some sort of allergy on season change...
she was almost ok yesterday and seems ok today.

Kalin.

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[Torsten Wagner]

If it is not allergy,
do your kids visit a kindergarten?
If so, ask there... they know pretty well what kind of diseases are
spreading at the moment among their members ;)

Totti

[Chris Shannon]

i had something that started out like that but turned into full influenza. so...

c

[James]

Autumn is usually ragweed season. I was stuffy all night. My antihistamine fixed it right up.

James

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[MRE]

I was the opposite:

Itchy eyes and runny nose the whole time I was in the US. Cleared right up as soon as I got back (last monday.)

[Chris Shannon]

but you're a fucking weirdo... 

c

On Monday, September 24, 2012, MRE wrote:

I was the opposite:

Itchy eyes and runny nose the whole time I was in the US. Cleared right up as soon as I got back (last monday.)

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[Kalin KOZHUHAROV]

Thank you all for the input.

I had no idea that ragweed is such an allergen...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragweed#Ragweed_pollen_as_an_allergen

In Japan, apparently it is #3 (called butakusa):
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B5#.E7.89.B9.E5.BE.B4

This year and last I was happy to get through without any symptoms in
the spring, but my throat is killing me now.

Some data:
http://pollen-net.com/latest_info/latestinfo_graph_KH02.html

Kalin.

[Mikele]

red wine.
it is full of poliphenol
good against anything.

Kalin.

[James Andrews]

The ragweed is really terrible this year. I wake up most mornings
with an itchy throat, clears up usually within a couple hours after I
have eaten food and drank something (no not wine (~_^)). My
chiropractor said he use to have the same problem back in the states,
he just took a lot of Vitamin C and it doesn't bother him so much
anymore.

[Kalin KOZHUHAROV]

On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 8:47 PM, James Andrews <then...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The ragweed is really terrible this year. I wake up most mornings
> with an itchy throat, clears up usually within a couple hours after I
> have eaten food and drank something (no not wine (~_^)). My
> chiropractor said he use to have the same problem back in the states,
> he just took a lot of Vitamin C and it doesn't bother him so much
> anymore.
>

Not sure about vit. C, but I guess now wife has one very strong
argumet for an immediate vaccation in Okinawa...

Kalin.

[Torsten Wagner]

Hokkaido might be good as well ;)
With a brief stop in Sendai :P

Totti

[MRE]

On Monday, September 24, 2012 8:09:37 PM UTC+9, Chris Shannon wrote:

but you're a fucking weirdo... 

Uhh.. yeah. Truly I am.
I kid you not: I *DO* have an allergy to sunshine.
No.. Its not my "goth sadnesskillmeiwanttobeavampire" BS.

Living in AZ was brutal. EVERY time I went out into the sun I'd sneeze three times.
Without fail.
Every day.
For 15 years.

People tend not to believe me.. until we'd hang out at lunch every day at work.
"Jeez dude.. every day this week you sneezed on the way to lunch."
"um dellingh-u I hab a sun awer-ji"

[MRE]

Its actually on my list of reasons why I love living in Tokyo.

Tall buildings = rare direct sunlight
Even still... if a good blast of sun hits my fast.. sneeze fit.

[James Andrews]

It's called "Photonic Sneeze Reflex" or Sun Sneezing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photic_sneeze_reflex

James

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[Torsten Wagner]

I have to sneeze six times in a row after lunch/dinner...
almost 80% of the time and ALWAYS six times in a row...
Checked for all kind of food allergies but (knock on wood) I am allergy free.
So if you are a weirdo... well, we could have our own exclusive club...

Totti

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[Yura102]

Hi All,

 

I can confirm that theses days are not the worst but clearly not the easiest for the allergic people in Tokyo. My wife suffered on Saturday's morning but now is ok. I feel some uncomftabitily in my eyes and throat too for several days for the first time in my life.

 

Re ragweed, I have just read that Mugwort is a perennial plant that is a member of the daisy family and a relative of ragweed. And just in case you didn't know Mugwort in Russian language is Chernobyl. What a coincidence!

 

Regards,

Yura

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[MRE]

OMG THANK YOU. Seriously.
All this time I just thought I was broken.

For me its a combo of the light, and my face shriveling up until my eyes adjust.
Ive found it more likely to happen in warm or hot light than cold also.

Walking into a bright airconditioned room.. sometime but not always.

[fakufaku]

Air conditioning is the devil.

[Chris Shannon]

I thought Hard Cider was the devil?

c

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[fakufaku]

yeah... Chuuhai definitely qualifies for that...

On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 10:48:00 AM UTC+2, Chris Shannon wrote:

I thought Hard Cider was the devil?

c

On Tuesday, September 25, 2012, fakufaku wrote:

Air conditioning is the devil.

On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 5:43:51 AM UTC+2, MRE wrote:

OMG THANK YOU. Seriously.
All this time I just thought I was broken.

For me its a combo of the light, and my face shriveling up until my eyes adjust.
Ive found it more likely to happen in warm or hot light than cold also.

Walking into a bright airconditioned room.. sometime but not always.

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[Sean]

Hard Cider is the Devil's UNDERPANTS

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[lauren shannon]

um... ?

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[AbH Belxjander Draconis Serechai]

I have an idea about that ... I used to have the same thing happen to me

But I have a tolerance for it now

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[AbH Belxjander Draconis Serechai]

The devil is in the details and always ready to scandalize the unsuspecting

Muahahaha...

[Kalin KOZHUHAROV]

Back on topic,

Not sure what it was or wasn't, but we are all fine, I think last
Thursday going to Atami had some plus effect, but after last Friday I
can declare all family is healthy. The recent rain and drop in
temperature do help as well.

Kalin.