A month or two back I suddenly got an itchy rash and hives that broke out all over my body. My wife also got the same thing a day later. Then suddenly cleared up about 3 days later, before we had a chance to see the doctor. Nothing changed in our diet and lives, never had any allergy before, just can’t work out what caused it.
Weird thing is, now my friend has the exact same thing; itchy red rash, hives, no change in lifestyle and diet. So strange, could it be something in the water or air (I’m in Taichung)??
I have nowhere near enough knowledge to judge here, but this morning I read a lengthy twitter thread on how this “preference for male trees” idea is basically nonsense. A lot of it comes down to how almost all trees are both male and female:
I left out the Twitter hyperventilation and just linked the article.
The woman could have brought her points over in a more scientific way.
But I agree with her argument.
I need to constantly take benedryl or else my allergy takes off. I use it at night both as a sleep aid and to keep allergy at bay. Otherwise I’m not able to go out at all because the constant sneezing will cause people to think I have covid.
When I was in Austin it was worse. Something in the air causes such bad allergy problem, and it would not respond to medications at all. Usually happens in the winter.
The UV went nuts as well yesterday. High levels of UV and sunlight can cause ozone to develop close to the ground when mixed with vehicle pollution . My symptoms were particularly bad after I went for a bike ride along the riverside yesterday.
