People with allergies have a difficult time breathing when there is pollen, dust, or other allergens the body reacts too. Smoking on top of allergies can create extreme breathing difficulties in people that have severe allergies. It is also possible for smoking to trigger an allergy attack, because of the toxins that are being put into the lungs.
Allergy attacks have symptoms like nasal congestion, irritated and watery eyes, shortness of breath, hoarseness in the voice, and increase in mucus in the throat and lungs. Smoking along with these symptoms can add to the symptoms of allergies to include wheezing, sinus congestion and coughing. This can make an allergy attack much worse than without the toxins of tobacco.
Taking medicine for allergies can help to relieve the symptoms, but if the person continues smoking the allergies will worsen and medication will not relieve all of the symptoms. This can also create a problem for people that are trying to quit smoking, because the person with allergies is often more sensitive to the many quit smoking aids that continue to put nicotine into the system. One of the reasons for this is because they have side effects that can be heightened for the person that suffers from allergic reactions to medications. |