[thrance]

Welp. I had a carpet floor in my bedroom as a kid, but that didn't prevent me from developing the badest allergy to dust mites as a teen. It recently got so bad that I started a hyposensitization treatment. Hopefully in 3-5 years it'll get better.

[crossroadsguy]

I was about to ask whether it worked then I finished reading your comment.

This reinvigorated phase of allergies in my late 30s is so much hell. I just wish I am able to get some kind of safer “cure”. Safer than those steroid based nasal sprays (which not always work) and those oral antihistamine. I sometimes think whether there has been not enough research in this field because it’s not fatal? Or maybe not too many people are badly enough affected by this?

[forinti]

I couldn't breathe through my nose most days until I got that treatment in my late teens/early twenties. It made my life a lot better. I can remember the day I was walking down the street and could smell everything.

I still get some bad episodes, especially in winter, and I keep a distance from dust, but most days I'm fine.

[adammarples]

And did you play outside in rural areas or were you raised in a city?

[thrance]

I grew up in some kind of village turned suburb, in France. I remember there being a field a few 100 meters away from home. So kinda rural?