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Wondering should I buy dehumifier to help nasal problems?

  • 02-02-2020 6:38pm
    #1
    segosego89
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    Hi there,

    Apologies if this not the correct forum.

    I've been having problems with my nasal passages for the last 6 or 7 years. Specifically there is constant pain in my nose and back behind my throat(rhinitis). It's very difficult to speak because of it. I also have asthma and other allergies since I was a child.

    I have gone to an ENT specialist and have tried every single medicine out there over the years that could be of help. Flixonase steroid nasal spray worked very well for about a year to lessen the pain but then it stopped working.

    I was thinking that the nasal pain could possibly be caused by high humidity in my apartment? I've read that high humidity can cause asthma to worsen and I was wondering perhaps a dehumidifier could also help with my rhinitis? I tend to sleep with my window open and I never have any heating on during the night.

    My allergies etc seem to improve when I'm in Spain on holiday. I've read that Spain is significantly less humid than Ireland on a monthly basis.

    Just wondering does anybody have any advice about this? I'd be very grateful if anyone could offer any helpful information!

    Kind regards


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  • #2
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users Posts: 16,865 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    segosego89 wrote:
    Just wondering does anybody have any advice about this? I'd be very grateful if anyone could offer any helpful information!


    Some people with hey fever find that keeping windows & doors closed during summer helps. Some of these run dehumidifiers as taking the moisture out of the the room cools the room.

    I wonder if your allergys are pollen based. Going to Spain you will have pollen that you haven't built up an allergic reaction yet so your symptoms may be be as bad.


  • #3
    segosego89
    Registered Users Posts: 219 ✭✭segosego89


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    Some people with hey fever find that keeping windows & doors closed during summer helps. Some of these run dehumidifiers as taking the moisture out of the the room cools the room.

    I wonder if your allergys are pollen based. Going to Spain you will have pollen that you haven't built up an allergic reaction yet so your symptoms may be be as bad.
    Well see I was prescribed a prescription strength anti histamine for a few months(desloratadine) and it didn't help the pain at all.

    Would you associate hay fever with sharp burning pain in the nasal passages though? Whenever I got hay fever in the past it was just this uncomfortable stuffy feeling in my nose - not pain.

    I just thought that maybe the high humidity in Ireland promotes dust mite/mold growth in the home which can irritate the nasal passages perhaps? And the dehumidifier could possibly lessen the amount of irritants in the air...

    However I measured the relative humidity level in my apartment and it's 50 percent with a temperature of 16 degrees. Would 50 percent relative humidity be considered normal for the inside of a home in Ireland in February?


  • #4
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users Posts: 16,865 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    segosego89 wrote:
    Would you associate hay fever with sharp burning pain in the nasal passages though? Whenever I got hay fever in the past it was just this uncomfortable stuffy feeling in my nose - not pain.

    At the height of the hey fever season my nose can feel like it's on fire.

    I'm not saying that it is so. I'm just saying that it's a possibility. My hey fever vanishes when I'm away from Ireland and the UK on holiday.


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