Lagos - Post Report Question and Answers
What do people who suffer from environmental or food allergies need to know?
My drs never got my allergy meds to a point where I didn’t have chronic eye and skin reactions to the environment. Some days, I couldn’t open my eyes at all. However, because of our apartments location, we were particularly impacted by air pollution. - Aug 2026
Bring lots of medications or personal items! The local economy does not have many specialty items to assist with allergies or intolerances. - Mar 2024
It's a good idea to bring allergy medicine as you may start reacting to Harmattan despite never experiencing allergies before. - Jul 2020
Air quality isn't great; asthmatics and people with environmental allergies might want to do a little more research. Nigerian cuisine tends to involve a lot of shellfish. Almost everyone I know has gotten moderate-to-severe food poisoning at least a couple of times. - Mar 2018
The main seasonal issue is the Harmattan. This is Sahara sand blowing down from the east, covering everything in a layer of dust. Some people wore masks. The people who could leave, left. - May 2016
Dust is bad in Harmattan. Food poisoning is more of a concern. - Nov 2015