Allergy query

[nsd_user663_2845]

I stopped smoking on 2nd Jan 2008 & seem to have a nearly permanent cold. Could I be allergic to my cats & the smoking has masked it all these years? I have been away for the odd weekend & all sneezes are a distant memory - come back home & off we go again. Has anybody else had this?

[nsd_user663_2629]

hey

sounds like the cats!! i have had 1 cold since quit and it cleared up really quickly, no hanging around for weeks like they used to. Maybe a check with the doc is called for?

jojo

I have been quit for 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 10 hours, 47 minutes and 52 seconds (88 days). I have saved £400.67 by not smoking 1,768 cigarettes. I have saved 6 Days, 3 hours and 20 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 01/01/2008 00:05

[nsd_user663_2863]

I've found I got a cold nearly four weeks ago and the remains are still hanging on (I can feel gunk in my throat and I sneeze every so often).

Never normally get colds!

On the other hand, it could be the cats and a patch test would be easy to do...

I think smoking effects us all in lots of different ways and at different times too.

perhaps this wasn't that helpful! Sorry!

Bill

[nsd_user663_3130]

I stopped smoking on tuesday and have a slightly sore throad ever since - though I read here that this can happen.

As already recommended you might want to consult a doctor.

Personally I don't think that the smoking has masked an allergy against cats or anything else.

Have you changed anything in your home since you stopped smoking - like new air fresheners - new wahing liquid ....- there are hundreds of possibilities.

[nsd_user663_2981]

I've heard lots of ex-smokers say they get more colds. I have no idea why since smoking is supposed to lower your immune system.

I'd rather have a few colds than the Big C and everything else that goes hand in hand with smoking.

[nsd_user663_2845]

I stopped smoking on tuesday and have a slightly sore throad ever since - though I read here that this can happen.

As already recommended you might want to consult a doctor.

Personally I don't think that the smoking has masked an allergy against cats or anything else.

Have you changed anything in your home since you stopped smoking - like new air fresheners - new wahing liquid ....- there are hundreds of possibilities.

It's probably an allergy to my newly clean house. Don't think it's every been so clean as I have replaced smoking with cleaning. On the other hand it could be a reaction to chocolate, sweets, chewing gum, wine, etc, etc, etc - as you say Sunnyserpent - there are hundreds of possibilities. Oh well, better stock up on the antihistamines.

[nsd_user663_2645]

I have got the wheezes can't stop wheezing, Still waiting for a good reason to have stopped, really struggling with it, 3 months gone, and I'm coughing like no ones business, I used to have a fag to stop me coughing that stupidly enough worked, now I have nothing.

[nsd_user663_2892]

I'm coughing like no ones business, I used to have a fag to stop me coughing but stupidly enough worked,

Because the smoking stopped your body from working properly, it was slowing killing you booo!!!!

Could be your body is just starting to recover properly, but maybe you should ask the doc just in case. He may be able to prescibe something to help