[Eugenia Gabrielov]

I have a unique and very severe allergy - smoke. I never get hay fever, but if people smoke too close to me I end up in the hospital. Not very much happiness there. Exposing myself to it would not help much, just make it worse.

Medicine can only do so much. Try to make sure you're in good health otherwise (stay in shape, stay hydrated), and see what happens. It helped my brother's allergies when he started drinking a lot more water and staying hydrated. He just felt a lot better in general, and the allergies didn't feel as severe.