Barn Work And Feeling Cold, Sore, And Sick Posted: 08-03-07 08:19am
I'm a 22 year old male and I've live and
worked on a farm all my life. About 10
months ago I started raising and breading
pigeons (sort of bizarre I know) The barn
is well ventilated and we have made sure
to wear masks while we are in the barn
(over the past 6 months).
My problem has occurred about 5-6 times in
the last 10 months and it seems that it
only happens after I've been in the barn
for a long period of time or if I run in
the barn for 5 minutes without a mask.
My problem consist of me waking up in the
middle of the night freezing cold (which
is strange because I often complain about
being to hot at night) I feel sick to my
stomach and alot of my joints hurt (mainly
my knees) and I feel very weak. By morning
I start to warm up and my joins and
stomach are feeling better by noon.
I think this problem is related to working
in the pigeon barn, but what could it be?
Could I be allergic to something in the
barn? Should I buy I high quality mask?
(every one else in the barn uses the same
masks and know one ever has problems like
I do)
Any worlds of advice would be greatly
appreciated.
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The Ginger 1
Moderator
Joined: 09 Jul 2007 Posts: 556 Location: Loony-tune-land, England
Posted: 08-14-07 16:38pm
Hi there
Sounds like you may be allergic to
something in the barn, maybe whatever is
stored in there is reacting to you.
Pigeons carry all sorts of diseases, and
mites in thier feathers etc...
I'd get the pigeons checked out, and for
you to take less time with them until
you've found out what's causing you to be
ill ...
