GUY SAYS HARD TO BREATHE IN S’PORE, BUT MOVE TO U.S CAN BREATHE EASIER ALREADY

Why is it harder to breath through nose in Singapore than some other countries?

When I was living in Singapore, I experience difficulties breathing through my nostril (had to use my mouth to breath occasionally)

But when I moved to the US, it was much easier to breath through nose. Does anyone else experience this? Why is that the case?

Netizens’ comments

1. Did you experience sinus? Sinus can be more common in tropical climates cause of the humidity. Too cold and dry also will have sinus. If the place you were in the US was just nice, in between, it would be easier on your sinus.
2. I faced this issue growing up and living in Singapore. Every other morning I would have sinusitis and sometimes even sinus headaches from blocked nose. It was a combination of high dust content and humidity. Dust mites thrives indoors in Singapore because we use aircon a lot, and it is hot and humid. It was a routine for me to blow my nose daily for 1 hour in the morning.
   After I moved overseas, especially to California , I noticed this sinusitis disappearing. I used to have to carry a nasal spray around, but now I don’t even need to. The climate I am in is much more arid, and it is cooler at night as well, so the dust mites don’t reproduce that much. The Californian sun also helps to keep dust mites at bay. When it rains for a long period of time (like earlier this year), the blocked nose comes back for a while but it goes away very fast after I vacuum my house and open up my windows to let fresh air in.
   Personally, I have tried many remedies in Singapore, but none were permanent solutions. Sleeping with no air con helped a little bit but it was too hot and sweaty. Being overseas seems to be the best solution for my sinusitis so far.
3. Singapore is extremely dense and humid, like about 12% humidity at the lowest iirc
   Basically the air is thick and heavy, thus it becomes harder to breathe through noses as opposed to countries with 4 seasons in which their humidity is much lower
   Vsauce explained it extremely well in his humidity video when he visited singapore many years back (that video is d but classic)
4. Btw it’s called sinusitis and not sinus. Sinus is the name for a body part, sinusitis is the inflammation of said body part. Sorry that’s my pet peeve
5. Humidity is it. You’ll get used to it in a while. I once stayed in Canada where the humidity is low for about a month and a half. I returned to SG I entered a cold Changi Airport and broke into sweat and couldn’t breathe in through my nose. Almost like there was a hot air cloud occluding my nostrils