Different illness manifestations: living in different regions/countries

[emily_in_nc]

That's interesting about your health in Arizona, Crankin. When I was a child plagued with both asthma and many allergies, our doctor suggested to my mother that we move to Arizona to help me! Of course we didn't, as my father's career was in North Carolina. Perhaps that was medical thinking back in those days so long ago ('60s) that dry air was good for those sorts of ailments.

I enjoyed the dry heat of the southwest when we visited in May 2006 because I hate to drip with sweat, but I do expect it would get old to have a dry throat, nose, lips, and skin, and especially as one ages and everything naturally dries out anyway. Humidity is definitely good for the skin, but combined with the high heat we can have here in Belize for much of the year, can be stifling. I prefer it somewhere in between -- both temps and humidity -- to the extremes. I find I sweat much, much more than I did when younger; probably a combination of shifting hormones and better fitness now, so too much humidity is really tough on me.