can you be allergic to snow without being allergic to rain/water?
2007-02-10 05:23:59 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Allergies
Im not allergic but my friend said her boyfriend is and i thought it was a bit strange
2007-02-10 05:32:06 · update #1
Snow has time to collect pollutants as it falls so I guess its possible
2007-02-10 05:27:48 · answer #1 · answered by huggz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My two year old granddaughter and her family recently moved to the Ohio Valley Region of the nation from Florida. Last week she broke out in a rash all over her body. They have made 2 trips to the ER and one to the pediatrition, and still she has the rash after all kinds of medications. The pediatritian says it could be the residual of a strand of flu or it could be an allergic reaction. Nothing in her diet, surroundings, soap or anything like that has changed. The third reason the doctor sited was the snow and cold. Since she has always lived in a warm climate, she may actually be allergic to the snow. Doctor said they had a similiar case a few days ago with a little 4 year old boy who just moved here from Florida. Said that there is something in the air when it snows that some people are allergic to. If her rash does not clear by the end of the week they are going to send her to a Children's Hosp. for testing. So to answer your question, according to the doctor there is a possibilty that one can be allergic to anything.
2007-02-13 05:45:31 · answer #2 · answered by Judie S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Snow is basically water & I don't think it's possible to be allergic to water. Especially since water is essential to life.
I think your friend's b/f is having a reaction to something in the snow, not to the snow itself. Snow picks up a lot of airborne dust & pollutants as it falls. So, if an especially sensitive person were to eat it, it could cause some kind of reaction.
However, there are documented cases where people have had allergic-type reactions following exposure to cold. That's another possibility.
2007-02-10 11:31:50 · answer #3 · answered by WillyC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a crock of bull. Snow is frozen rain. Unless he is allergic to water I doubt if he's allergic to snow. Sounds to me that he is allergic to picking up a shovel.
2007-02-10 05:45:04 · answer #4 · answered by juicie813 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Never heard of anyone being allergic to snow.
2007-02-10 05:27:49 · answer #5 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is only one girl in the world that is allergic to water and snow is water so there would have to be something in the snow. to make you feel that way.
2007-02-10 05:27:57 · answer #6 · answered by i,m here if you need to talk. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read snow can pick up pollutants in the air as it is falling, which I am allergic to. that makes sense.
2015-02-03 12:59:06 · answer #7 · answered by Diane Kalemba 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he could be alergic to the high humity in the wearther when it snows. the air gets thick with moister so his alergeys could get bad because of he moister in the air when it snow.
2007-02-14 01:06:40 · answer #8 · answered by ADELITA C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
snow brings low humidity which can be irritating to the mucous membranes.
2007-02-10 05:26:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no there the same stuff. except snow is frozen
2007-02-10 05:26:51 · answer #10 · answered by rpd1225 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋