Has anybody else here dealt with this?
Mine developed last fall, after 5 years of burning. I don't think I had it before, but it could just have been mild enough to be below my awareness. Last fall, I replaced my tiny Hearthstone Tribute with the Hearthstone Heritage, and that's when my problem started. Neither stove lets enough smoke into the house to notice, but the Heritage's very wide front door, I finally realized when I saw it from the right angle, pulls just a tiny, diffuse puff of smoke out when you yank it open. That's enough to set off my allergy-- which is maddening because I've never had any kind of allergy to anything in my life before, including things like poison ivy or wild parsnip.
I've now got it pretty much under control by using the smaller side door exclusively, and finding an OTC anti-allergy med (Nasacort) that works pretty well. I still sneeze violently several times a day and have an intermittently stuffy nose, but it's way, way better than it was.
Just curious if anybody else has had this problem and how you've dealt with it.
Mine developed last fall, after 5 years of burning. I don't think I had it before, but it could just have been mild enough to be below my awareness. Last fall, I replaced my tiny Hearthstone Tribute with the Hearthstone Heritage, and that's when my problem started. Neither stove lets enough smoke into the house to notice, but the Heritage's very wide front door, I finally realized when I saw it from the right angle, pulls just a tiny, diffuse puff of smoke out when you yank it open. That's enough to set off my allergy-- which is maddening because I've never had any kind of allergy to anything in my life before, including things like poison ivy or wild parsnip.
I've now got it pretty much under control by using the smaller side door exclusively, and finding an OTC anti-allergy med (Nasacort) that works pretty well. I still sneeze violently several times a day and have an intermittently stuffy nose, but it's way, way better than it was.
Just curious if anybody else has had this problem and how you've dealt with it.