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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on September 3, 2011 at 12:53am

I feel your pain brother.

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Permalink Reply by Outhouse Instruments on September 3, 2011 at 2:12am

Good thing is the new cloth respirators ( masks) I now use work great. sanded 2 necks on the belt sander and the drill drum attachment without any problems today.

 

 

Matt

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on September 3, 2011 at 2:44am

I don't get the headaches, but I get prolonged sneezing fits, like 8-10 sneezes at a time.

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Permalink Reply by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on September 4, 2011 at 9:37pm

I used to get asthma type symptoms (difficulty in exhaling) but no headaches. I have recently been prescribed something called Clenil Modulite, which is also termed as a "preventer". You need to take it regularly and it's effectiveness builds up over a couple of weeks, so you should really use if for that period before working wood. I also use a beclometasone nasal spray which keeps my nose clear. Neither of these have any noticeable side effect as far as I am aware.

Hope this may be of some use.

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Permalink Reply by Outhouse Instruments on September 5, 2011 at 12:21am

Well, I have all of the allergy meds I need. Other allergies dictate daily use.

But with the toxicity that exists in some wood dusts coupled with my allergies, it only took a couple of times to figure out the source of those migraines.

Meds wouldn't stop it ....... only keeping it out will.

 

 

 

AFKAM

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