ANU student Harry Norton can barely breathe some nights if the dust is really bad. He does take medication for his "allergic rhinitis" but the drugs are starting to be less effective so the next step would be surgery to remove the parts of his nose which react badly to the allergens.
"This is something I've been born with and grown up with my entire life. I've been told it's like breathing at 40 per cent capacity for a regular person, but for me that's a good amount and I can get by day to day but I don't know what it feels like to breathe at 100 per cent through my nose," he said.
