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Ask HN: Has one symptom affected your life adversely?

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Re: Ask HN: Has one symptom affected your life adversely?

#11

I have a house dust allergy. It caused my eyes to burn at night, and multiple trips to my ophthalmologist (eye doctor) only resulted in temporary help via cortisone eye drops. In the end, what really helped was washing my bedsheets one a week and lüften every day.

I have the same thing. And it is happening today. It is tough.

Re: Ask HN: Has one symptom affected your life adversely?

#13
Have you tried using nasal strips? I don’t snore, I just use them to improve my breathing when sleeping when I’m stuffed up, but apparently they help with snoring. They aren’t inconvenient, and seem to improve my sleep quality quite nicely. Honestly, the feeling of improved airflow is so nice, I wish there was a better solution for 24/7 wearing.

Re: Ask HN: Has one symptom affected your life adversely?

#15
Psoriasis. I let it prevent me from enjoying life from my very early 20s through to last year in my early 40s. I finally decided to take medication and had a summer with shorts and t-shirts in at least a decade. Psoriasis has had knock on effects that I still struggle with, but the medication has given me the ability to see past this one issue and address others.

Re: Ask HN: Has one symptom affected your life adversely?

#16

Have you tried using nasal strips? I don’t snore, I just use them to improve my breathing when sleeping when I’m stuffed up, but apparently they help with snoring. They aren’t inconvenient, and seem to improve my sleep quality quite nicely. Honestly, the feeling of improved airflow is so nice, I wish there was a better solution for 24/7 wearing.

Strengthening this comment because to those who haven't used them they look useless.

Re: Ask HN: Has one symptom affected your life adversely?

#17

I have recurrent skin issues: eczema, simplex chronicus, and in my early twenties, I was diagnosed with lichen planus, which is even worse in that is nonhereditary and autoimmune, and thus there's literally no none cause and there's also nothing I can do about it except treat it. This post is actually quite a coincidence because I am having a severe bought of the lichen planus right now. Basically my skin itches almo…

As someone who also has lichen planus, I resonate so much. Its pathetic that most treatments are also very topical and don’t solve the underlying issue - which we don’t even know about. Recently I’ve been trying to experiment with my diet to see if its linked to the gut in some way…
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