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anon22196 t1_j60t874 wrote

Reply to comment by avalve in Pot allergy in bostin please help by [deleted]

Exactly my point. It's like I want to go on a jog, but literally I live in the Kenmore area and it's so bad. Are there any major cities that do you have found that the smell is less potent than in Boston??

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DeffNotTom t1_j60vpgy wrote

The "smell" of marijuana smoke isn't going to cause an allergic reaction. Scents don't contain proteins and proteins are what you're actually allergic to. If you're allergic to apples, and you smell an apple, you're not going to have a reaction regardless of how bad your allergy is. On top of that, smoke, marijuana, cigarettes, or campfire, also have no proteins in it, so you're not having an allergic reaction from the smoke. Especially if you're outdoors where it's heavily diluted in the air. If merely smelling weed is causing that kind of reaction, you need a therapist, not an allergist.

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anon22196 t1_j60wijr wrote

That's actually not true, weed hangs in the air. People have airborne allergies, and plants are some of the most common. I have a friend that is allergic to tree nuts, and her allergy is airborne. How is this different? If you're next to a bonfire, and you have asthma, the smoke from the campfire can still make it hard to breathe. When you smoke, or inhale something it gets into your lungs, regardless of whether you're outside or not..

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DeffNotTom t1_j60xt8y wrote

People are allergic to proteins in the plants that get distributed through the air. They are not allergic to the smell of the plants. Your friend isn't allergic to the smell of tree nuts. She's allergic to proteins in the tree nut dust. The molecules that make up scents are too small to carry proteins. Marijuana allergies are real, but unless you're trapped in a room with someone smoking, you eat it, or you rub the flower all over your skin, you're not going to trigger that allergy.

Smoke irritating your lungs when you have asthma isn't an allergy. Smoke is an irritant, not an allergen. And sitting next to a campfire is exposing yourself to several magnitudes higher concentration of smoke than walking through an area where someone smoked some weed.

It sounds like you have really poorly controlled asthma and you need to be on better maintenance inhalers. The hives is likely you having a panic attack worrying about your asthma and being triggered by the scent of weed.

You need a therapist and a pulmonologist.

You're not going to outrun the smell of weed in any major city in a country that is on track to full legalization.

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[deleted] OP t1_j60z7wf wrote

You’re very kind with your description, but I don’t think OP’s here for a resolution.

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DeffNotTom t1_j611r7b wrote

Probably not. But I was bored at the end of my shift so I figured why not.

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[deleted] OP t1_j61328t wrote

Informative though! Especially the proteins. I work with food and nut purveyors are always warning about their “dust” contamination.

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DeffNotTom t1_j613vkm wrote

Nut dust can float impressively far. But you need to be on the extreme end of nut allergy for that to be a risk. There's tons of published research about it and the risk is SUPER small. Most people with nut allergies just have PTSD and are overly cautious. Which isn't a bad thing as long as they're not letting it ruin their lives or using it as an excuse to make other people miserable (like pushing to ban pb&j in schools 😒)

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