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thanks for all the responses! I will look into the possibility of the allergic asthma. Maybe I've got it without knowing. I know that my half siblings have regular asthma, and I think my father did too.

I actually had thought of doing the surgical mask, and discarded the idea because whenever I see someone do that in the US I always think it looks Howard Hughes/psycho.

But hey, if it wouldn't be that weird looking in Cairo, I'm willing to give it a shot!