Who would've guessed you can get hayfever in Bangkok. First, there's no real drastic changes to seasons. I mean, basically the city has a wet, dry and hot season, where temperatures range from 25-38 degrees C…
Sure its not so humid now but why all of sudden are all the symptom of being back in Canada in the spring now affecting me here in Bangkok…
…my nose is dripping like a leaky faucet, i can't feel my eyes because I've itched them like crazy, and my head is so cloudy I can't concentrate on anything. As I type this, I'm sitting in a pile of well-used snot infested crumpled up toilet paper. That reminds me, I need to get some TP before I start dripping on the motorcycle taxi guy that'll take me to my bus stop. I bet the people who put their names on my map don't have much of a problem with hayfever than what I'm going through right now.
According to the Claritin website:
"The popular term "hay fever" is considered a misnomer because the condition is neither caused by hay, nor is it a fever. The term was coined in 1828 by a British physician when he noticed that his allergy symptoms worsened during the British haying season. Today, the term is used to describe nasal congestion, coughing, runny nose, sneezing, and other symptoms caused by any plants that pollinate or molds that produce spores — usually in the late spring, summer, or autumn."