Allergic to AC?????

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Not really allergic, but does anyone know anyone who is susceptible to AC, or fan-forced cool air, or cool breezy summer evenings, but only when it is very hot, say above 90? Anything you, or they, can do about it?

My sinuses totally clog up under those conditions.

My parents kept the AC at 68 when I was a teenager, and I had to keep the vent in my bedroom shut off during the summer in order to sleep. I took the battery of allergy tests when I was 16-ish, and that was the conclusion . . . susceptible to cool breezes when it is very hot. I'm close to doing that now, shutting off the AC to the bedroom and sleeping in the heat.

I was outside in the heat yesterday from 5:15 AM until 5:00 PM, and within minutes of getting back home and being in the AC, I was stopped up, and was all night.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

What I call AC colds. I am convinced that the changes in temperature bring on congestion in summertime. You go from a cold car to outdoor heat to indoor cool. What could go wrong?

[BoardGirl Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close BoardGirl]

I will get a summer cold if I sleep with a fan on me. For AC, not sure on that. Have the house ductwork cleaned and change filters more often than normal.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Tony: exactly

BG: It's all AC and cool breezes in hot weather, everywhere, for 50 years now. That would be a lot of ductwork I need to clean and filters I need to change.

FWIW, we have eliminated our whole-house HVAC since we got a winter place elsewhere, and are just using windows units at our summer place.

[M. Henley Class President Find all posts View Profile Close M. Henley]

Hmmm...

You sure it is not the scent of the OF herd being vented in through the AC?

[chriskre Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chriskre]

Turn the AC up to 78. Works for me.

[rapmarks Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close rapmarks]

Turn the AC up to 78. Works for me.

oh Chris, you must be a youngster, i need the ac on about 68 to 70.

[chriskre Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chriskre]

oh Chris, you must be a youngster, i need the ac on about 68 to 70.

LOL. Actually I'm not that young any more but I use Hunter fans in every room so that helps.

[Hobbitess Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Hobbitess]

oh Chris, you must be a youngster, i need the ac on about 68 to 70.

I think it's less about age than about individuality. I was most comfortable at 65-70 degrees as a kid (spent my summer days in the basement) as well as now, and eldest is the same way. Youngest daughter likes it much closer to eighty.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Things got worse overnight. An inner ear thing.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Dr. Oz said today that a 10 degree drop in temperate within an hour will trigger a runny nose.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

My ear has been plugged for nine days now. I googled it and one of the options on all sites is wait it out. That comes right after take antibiotics and decongestants, minor surgery, and chiropractic manipulation of the jaw. One site said total drainage could take as long as nine months.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

I remember once getting water in my ear after swimming and it clogged the ear for about 3 months then one day it just opened up and everthing went back to normal.