The Struggle: My Allergy Symptoms

Every spring or autumn day in Korea, flowers bloom or leaves fall down. While everyone can sense the visual beauty as well as a change in temperature during these short seasons, I feel bothered, and it is not because I dislike how change is happening in nature over time. My sense of irritation always tingled me during these seasons because I have allergic reactions from the spread of pollen in the air.

The spread of pollen in the air seems very harmful to me. Some symptoms include making my nose stiff as well as making my eyes very itchy. Sometimes my throat is very sore, or I cough very severely.

Due to this, I have decided to create this blog because I am going to record an experiment I am going to proceed to find a way to investigate in making the best mask that can be invincible towards polluted air conditions, such as the fine dust or yellow dust situation that Korea is currently struggling with.

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