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Woodworking with allergies ....

Posted by Outhouse Instruments on September 2, 2011 at 2:23pm in Other stuff - off topic, fun stuff, whatever

SUX!

 

The temp isn't too bad today but the humidity is around 10 bazillion (+ -) percent.

5 minutes of sanding without a GOOD mask ( cloth respirator ) and I'm debilitated with a migrain the next day.

3 carved necks on the bench means lotsa sanding ..... I'm sweating my lips of here!

 

 

That is all.

 

 

AFKAM

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  • Outhouse Instruments September 5, 2011 at 7:21am

    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

  • Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw September 5, 2011 at 4:37am

    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.

  • Dan Sleep September 3, 2011 at 9:44am
    I don't get the headaches, but I get prolonged sneezing fits, like 8-10 sneezes at a time.
  • Outhouse Instruments September 3, 2011 at 9:12am

    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

  • Dan Sleep September 3, 2011 at 7:53am
    I feel your pain brother.
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