Cure Hay Fever with Ultra Violet Rays!
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
September 3, 2019 9:04pm CST
Many of us suffer from Hay Fever.
Hay Fever is caused by pollen and dust and makes our noses and eyes itchy and unbearable. However, in 1931 this ultra violet ray device allowed sufferers of hay fever to suffer no more.
Or so the makers claimed. This device made of mercury and quartz and inserted up the nose was meant to "sunburn" the inner nasal cavity. Now, I don't know about you, but I think that will be a hard pass from me. It just does not seem like something I'd enjoy at all.
The advertisers claim that four out of five cases of hay fever are cured with this device.
I wonder how many people used this treatment before the device was discontinued?
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@LadyDuck (502466)
• Italy
4 Sep 19
Well, may be now it is more "modern", but this is system is still in use in our days. It is called Ultraviolet light phototherapy for allergic rhinitis and it seems it works a lot better than pills and other medications. Nothing to laugh about.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
4 Sep 19
@LadyDuck I don't know that the first version of this was the safest.
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@LadyDuck (502466)
• Italy
4 Sep 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum It does not hurt, it is safe and surely safer than chemicals that you get with pills.
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
4 Sep 19
Your title had me thinking that the sunburn on the top of my thighs was going to cure my hay fever.
Wait, I don't suffer from hay fever (though I seem to have caught a $%@# cold this week!)
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
4 Sep 19
I don't usually suffer from hay fever either.
Now, it would be really nice if sunburn was a cure for something, instead of just an uncomfortable reminder that you should have been prepared with more sunscreen.
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
5 Sep 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Thankfully my sunburn is very localized. We went kayaking on the New River on Monday and I burned a two inch strip on the top of each of my thighs where I hadn't had any real sun exposure yet this summer. It could have been a whole lot worse, but I was smart enough to keep a long-sleeve t-shirt on and stayed under the overhanging trees as much as possible.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
5 Sep 19
@SophiaMorros Glad it wasn't any worse. A few years ago I went floating down the Dan River and ended up sunburnt on my face, shoulders and arms. Had to work a 12 hour shift, but only made it through the first six. That was a good reminder to wear and carry sunscreen.
I've only been in the water once this season.
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@jstory07 (148734)
• Roseburg, Oregon
4 Sep 19
I for one would have never used that treatment. No not me.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
4 Sep 19
The fact that they even say that it sunburns the inside of the nose. No, thank you.
The inside of our noses are delicate, that would be painful.
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