No, I've stopped using sprays, but chemicals are all around us. The trouble is you can develop allergies to innocuous things. In the past, I was allergic to the usual allergens, dust, animals, even my own hair as a little child, various foods, smoke, but I seem to have built up a resistance as I grew older.
The problem started after pneumonia last year, when I didn't recover as I should have done. My GP decided something else was going on, hence tests. I tested positive to aspergillus mould allergy, but not, thank goodness, to aspergillus infection in the lungs, which is far more serious and necessitates steroids and anti fungal drugs.
I was really worried about where we stay as I would have thought we were living in an area full of mould spores etc. We had a fair amount of rain, which should have been a challenge along with the humidity.
I slept in the spare room last night. No head board and all easily moved for cleaning. I shall seek advice from the doctor next week as my peak flow has gone down even further, along with the irritation and tightness and feeling of weight in the chest. In years past, I would use the reliever inhaler, but it doesn't make any impression. I doubt the GP will have any insight, but it needs to be flagged up that I'm struggling.
I'm going to a wedding today. Really don't feel up to it, but it's my lovely niece's. I want to be there for her and my sister, who's no longer with us. DH and my DD loathe weddings, so intend to use me as an excuse to leave as soon as respectable! I've got to polish up my acting skills as my parents will be there. I shall blame the haggard look on jet lag! Make up a necessity!