I’ve lived in a couple of cities in Europe and I can tell you my nose was runny and my throat a bit rough far more often in a poluted place like London (UK) than it is in the small city I live in now in Portugal or the places I lived in when in The Netherlands.
(In fact moving to a small city in Portugal from London hugelly improved of my health when it comes to that kind of thing)
I suspect that the tendency to catch colds and suffer from alergies is often coupled with all the Sulfur Oxide gases around in cities with lots of car polution, since those turn into various sulfur oxiacids when those gases mix with water in the nose and airways.
My chronic rhinitis and I will just stay over here…
I woke up hungover, happy birthday dad.
All i hear now is my nose whistle
Yes it is, I fucking hate autumn and winter.
I think about this every time I start to get sick.
What a stupid fucking post. I’m grateful every day I don’t have a runny nose or sore throat as I know how completely miserable I am when I do have either of those.
I’m gonna be sad now, thanks.
Me too. I’ve had a sinus headache for over 10 years straight. I don’t even remember what it’s like to not be congested. Three surgeries and more drugs than I ever knew existed have done nothing. Good health is definitely underappreciated.
Me too. Allergies can kiss my nuts. I get a break like once every 6 months or so.
😭 I woke up sick today.
high five (ehm I can’t type emoji)
As someone who gets a runny nose every time I eat…
Dang
This is a PSA Announcement:
An orgasm instantly clears out the sinuses. Due to lack of studies doctors don’t fully know why this happens.
Holy crap, it’s true.
Don’t work when you smoke weed.
I rarely smoke it (haven’t in at least 4 years), but when I do and sec happens, I can’t breathe and I end up totally stopped up for at least an hour.
I have allergies too though.
Orgasms, exercise and other “arousal” stimuli like fear or aggression make your blood vessels shrink (vasoconstriction). From the link I posted above: “During arousal, your sympathetic nervous system — the one that activates your fight-or-flight response — kicks in. Just as when you exercise, your adrenaline levels go up and your blood vessels constrict. Less blood flow to your nose means less inflammation, so your nose opens up and you can breathe more easily.”
THC can cause vasodilatation, which is the opposite (blood vessels expand) so it makes sense they’d reduce effects or cancel each other out. Fun fact from the same article, it’s also what causes the bloodshot eyes associated with smoking up.
Have bad allergies, those days are not often. Also sucks because people always think I am sick but thankfully a dumb immune system is not contagious.
I wish I could use both hands, remember faces, and walk without a cane.
Of course, there is always someone who says they wish they could have both hands, be able to remember anything, and walk at all.
And there are people who have no limb who wish they could have one, and would long for any mobility at all.
I’m grateful for what I got, but in a true human sense, I want more.
I had a friend next door growing up. Amputee just below the knee, stubs for fingers, cleft lip. Loved playing Mario on nes and would kick his prosthetic off when he was on the swings.
This is why masks.
Headaches too. Every time I get a bad headache I honestly forget what it feels like to not have one.
