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This is an interesting thread. I'm a smoker, too, but that's not the problem. The problem is every winter as soon as the (oil) heat kicks on, my nose dries up inside and starts to hurt. And it hurts until April.

What am I allergic to? Heat?

What am I allergic to? Heat?

You and I are in the same boat, except I heat with wood in a big wood furnace in the basement with an oil furnace for back-up. I, too, sneeze at times. I used to have a humidifier but ran out of room for it.

That seemed to help. I also keep the filters in both furnace changed often. They get really filthy. Especially the wood furnace one.

I think it's because we are inside a closed house and the dry heat the furnaces put out plays hell with our sinuses. It's horrible, I know. I am just now getting over a terrible sinus infection.

And if anyone has ever had one of those, they know the pain and misery they cause.

I never had sinus problems until we moved into this house and started heating with oil and wood. Before we moved to Maine, we had central heating. EVERYWHERE. oh well.

What am I allergic to? Heat?

No...you need more moisture in the air. Summers are more humid and keep your nose from drying and cracking inside, go buy a humidifier or when its really hurting, put a pan of water on the stove, bring it to a boil, throw a towel over your head with the pan and breath the steam. It will make it feel better. I'm sure your nose looks like the cracked desert on the inside....lol.