12/19/2016 0 Comments AsthmaI talk about my asthma every now and then but I've never really explained it. I am highly asthmatic (and allergic) to perfume (synthetic fragrance, I am fine with natural fragrance its just the ones made of a bunch of chemicals that give me asthma attacks and allergic reactions).
That may not seem like a big deal, its like oh well just don't be around it, but that is really hard to do. Synthetic fragrance feels like it is in EVERYTHING, perfume, deodorant, shampoo, hair gel, laundry detergent, cleaning products, and the list goes on and on. Unfortunately not all of the chemicals in these are properly regulated (which isn't surprising seeing as things like parabens are in cosmetic products and are known to be not that great for you, as an example). So that is the why, why I have the asthma attacks. My body is just trying to protect me from bad chemicals, but that doesn't really explain how it feels. I use to only cough, the coughing was very violent and I hurt my back because of these asthma attacks multiple times, as of recently I've started wheezing too, and having it where my throat closes up like the allergic reactions I had to medications & peanuts (the type that I needed an epipen for). It makes me scared to go outside, as much as I try not to be afraid, every time I go out and do anything around people I am very likely to run into someone wearing synthetic fragrance. I have to leave when I get around people wearing too much, certain types of perfumes I can be around for a little bit others I can't, I go right into an asthma attack. I always have a plan, always on where I can go, how I can leave, what I can do if it starts getting really bad. I can't even go into certain stores, like Michaels, Bed Bath and Beyond, Abercrombie ect... (not that I would want to go into Bed Bath and Beyond or Abercrombie, but I can't even really walk past them in malls because of how much they stink). As a final example, lets put it this way, I had to leave my doctors office once (seriously my doctors office some place that is supposed to be safe, that you are supposed to go to for help) because there were so many people in there wearing really perfume stuff. I couldn't even go in the back because it was so bad. I've become a hermit because of this, I wish I could go out and be around people more, but I just don't have a solution at the moment, the asthma medications don't really work for me, and I've tried a bunch of natural stuff but it doesn't help enough either. All I really want is for the synthetic fragrance laws to be changed, so that they have to do a better job of regulating the chemicals that are put into "Fragrance" (I wouldn't want perfumes to go away, we've used perfumes since probably the beginning of time, but up until recently they were real, natural perfumes. I just want them to be natural, and overall for companies to stop adding so many chemicals to things). Parting thought, if you ever thinking something along the lines of "The Government wouldn't let them put all of those terrible things in X product". Remember that Cigarettes are legal and not only are they legal but companies are allowed to put awful chemicals in them.
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