How are the sinus allergies in Hawaii?

Answer 1

Lots of mold in the damper areas, lots of dust in the dryer areas, cockroach dander, and when the Kona wind blows, get ready for the VOG (Volcanic smog)!! Bring your inhaler!!! But wait! There's more....

Volcanic Air Pollution—A Hazard in Hawai`i
Noxious sulfur dioxide gas and other pollutants emitted from Kilauea Volcano on the Island of Hawai`i react with oxygen and atmospheric moisture to produce volcanic smog (vog) and acid rain. Vog poses a health hazard by aggravating preexisting respiratory ailments, and acid rain damages crops and can leach lead into household water supplies. The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is closely monitoring gas emissions from Kilauea and working with health professionals and local officials to better understand volcanic air pollution and to enhance public awareness of this hazard.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs169-97/

In Hawaii, pollen, particles of plants, animal dander, feathers, mold spores,red dirt, gecko and cockroach droppings, etc., come into contact with the lining of the nose, eyes, or throat and cause allergic symptoms.
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/dochazenfield/allergies.htm

Answer 2

The sea should keep you from having chronic sinusitis, but there are a lot of tropical plants and they live year around!. If you're not accustomed to these plants and all of the flora that grows, you might discover you're allergic to one or more of them! Additionally, if you won't be close to the shore much, you should have your own clean sea water handy.

Try a saline nasal RINSE (not a spray) A full warm water saline rinse goes in one nostril and out the other. It draws out all the gunk and shrinks the tissue (like swimming in the ocean). I've been doing it at work too.

The buffered salt doesn't 'sting' as much as plain salt water. You can use a new method like Nasopure, or the vintage, Netipot. The special bottle and salt is about $20.

You can do this a often as you like with no bad side effects.

You don’t need a prescription for this therapy. So if you live in a state like mine, they’ve pretty much “outlawed” sudafed medicine. Drug-free is really the way to go on a frequent-use basis. (I put in a link for “what” and “how” – there’s also some good info on wiki)

Answer 3

Allergies are dependant on what you are allergic to. Although I suffer from horrendous allergies "at home", I rarely have difficulties when I travel to new areas of the world... at least initially.

Make sure you pack any allergy medications that you normally use. If you use prescription meds, make sure you take them in the bottle they were dispensed in.

Happy traveling!