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It does the job on the tree-pollen allergies that I am susceptible to. There are a lot of trees here on the wet side of the Cascades, you may have heard. Quote:
I also had a miserable childhood allergy to ragweed. If anyone had come up to me at the peak of the May ragweed season and told me that they were going to shoot me in the head, I would have told them that I thought it a splendid idea. My other major allergy then was to alfalfa, which, growing up on an Eastern Oregon cattle ranch as I did, I had almost no exposure to... |
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FYI my Bluegrass name is Cousin Phlegm...
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You do grow into an out of specific allergies at different times of your life and depending on where you live. Growing up in Michigan, I had no allergies as a kid, and probably still would not had I stayed there - and none when I visit. When we moved to California after college, 2-3 years later some allergies to grasses appeared. I could deal with those without drugs, mostly.
Then moving to Alaska after a few years I developed some new allergies, including dogs (severe) cats (strong) and the Birch trees growing in the back yard. I ended up taking allergy shots for almost three years which mostly solved the issue. Now living in Idaho, it took a few years but some new sensitivities are developing again, including sagebrush - major blooms in the fall. I must shower immediately after mowing the lawn, for example. I can control the symptoms (so far) with Benadryl and Claritin pills, available at Costco, which are part of my daily pill box this time of year. But if that day comes, it will be back to the sequence of allergy shots to desensitize to these new ones. My advice: find a board certified allergist. Regular docs don't always understand the subtleties of the process. |
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Just brewed up some chamomile/mint with some nearly local Tennessee honey, so that'll hopefully help. I'll hit the drugstore tomorrow for some Loratadine before tomorrow's shindig.
Thanks, everybody!
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OK...a quick reminder that all the liquid throat remedies, homebrew and OTC do not actually help the throat at the site of the vocal cords. As you have all experienced, liquid hitting the vocal cord area of your throat is not well received, and in fact when you swallow, your vocal cords are moved out of the way, so they don't get liquid on them.
So whatever you take to soothe your throat does not actually soothe your vocal cords, because it never makes it to them, by design. Now...as far as can you damage your voice singing when you are all rasped up with allergy reactions...well...yes, and no. If your vocal cords are irritated and/or inflamed from your allergies and you have to strain a lot to sing through the hoarseness or whatever vocal symptoms that you are having, then there is a chance that you could do some damage. It really depends on the person. Some folks vocal cords are more durable than others, some folks, more fragile than others, so some folks can sing through it, and strain and push more without issues, and some folks wind up causing themselves immediate problems while performing, and sometimes bigger issues down the road. duff Be A Player...Not A Polisher Last edited by mcduffnw; 04-21-2019 at 03:00 PM. Reason: correct spelling |
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My “sing, even when I can’t talk” beverage is diluted pineapple juice. Doesn’t work for everyone, but I swear by it.
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I sing and suffer from allergies.
I use in this order Claritin, Singular, Sudafed, then a nose spray. I use one wait a while then move down my list. good luck. |
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Allergies do get worse with prolonged exposure, yet another example de-bunking the "whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger" b.s. Turns out that disease, injury, terminal conditions and allergies (as well as some treatments for the above) actually make us weaker.
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Just don't strain when you sing. You will be okay. Our church choir has sung seven special anthems at five different services in the past four days. Between the services and the rehearsals and pollen my voice is shot . . . but I will get over it. |
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This has been an unusually bad allergy season on the US east coast. I’m usually ok this time of year, but I and everyone I know have been suffering for the last couple of weeks.
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You certainly can damage your vocal cords by straining them, and as has been mentioned you can develop allergies as you get older.
I know a number of singers who cancel all gigs for a week when their allergies kick into high gear.
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I got a nasty cold last June that wouldn’t go away. I literally had to cancel all playing gigs for the entire summer! I kept going to my ENT specialist and finally got a CT scan. (I had three sinus surgeries back in 2011- deviated septum, maxillary turbinate reduction, and opening my ethmoid sinuses (which had scarred shut).
My sinus openings were fine, but I was still sick. The doctor put me on two different steroid treatments. The second heavy final doses eventually cured me. He said that it was due to inflammation. Doctor has me doing NeilMed extra strength hypertonic saline sprays twice a day, and Flonase. The big enemy is inflammation. I have gone through extensive allergy testing and I have none. |
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I also discovered two Hylands homeopathic remedies (Allergy Relief and Sinus) which also help temporarily (I take them right before I go on). Then there's a couple of herbal teas - Throat Coat (Traditional Medicines) and Throat Comfort (Yogi Teas), a bag of each in 18 ounces of water at 160-ish degrees. One key is to do proper vocal warmups, just a little more gently than when I'm feeling OK. If I'm really suffering (and would prefer not to have the listening public really suffer as well), I'll transpose down a half to a full step. Maybe I should just do instrumentals... I'd save a lot of money.
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