New Orleans Syndrome? I'm in the national guard, and i volunteered to go to NO(new orleans) with another unit from illinois after the hurricanes that destroyed the city.  I was there for just over a month, and that was over 6 months ago, and I have had a stuffy nose everday since I first got down there.  I'm sure I was exposed to all kinds of polutants.  But I'm not usually the type of person who gets sick easily, but I've had this stuffy nose for over 6 months and it won't go away.  Towards the end people were tearing out the walls of their homes, and the streets were lined with fiberglass insulation, and I assume asbestos.  My girlfriends parents said they heard a news reporter who was down there talk about how she's had a stuffy nose for months now too.  Has this happened to anyone else who was down there?  And did it go away, or am I doomed to live like this for the rest of my life?

Summarized question: Does asbestos and fiberglass insulation cause prolonged nose problems?