Mexico City - Post Report Question and Answers
What do people who suffer from environmental or food allergies need to know?
Your lungs suffer here, even if you are healthy. Concern for COPD development. - Jan 2024
See above. - Jul 2023
Mexico is notorious for food-borne illnesses, and you just get used to a bout of ecoli or such about once a quarter. - May 2020
You will definitely need to keep medication with you on hand if you have environmental allergies. People with food allergies I think would be OK, especially if you know enough Spanish to communicate those allergies when eating out. - Apr 2019
Many people have environmental allergies here. - Jun 2018
People with asthma will probably be bothered by the air pollution. - Jun 2016
Bring meds, find an allergist. Food allergies: just exercise the same caution you would anywhere. - May 2016
That seasonal allergies may get worse here due to the altitude, dryness and pollution, but it probably depends on what you're allergic to. - May 2016
We have noticed our seasonal allergies just like we do in the U.S. but I think my dust/mold allergies in particular have been much better here due to the lack of humidity. - Oct 2014
