14April2010

The beginning of Allergic Season

It is a difficult time to about 35+ million of Americans wich suffer from seasonal allergies.
Now in april the tree pollen are spreading out sprinkling the yellow dust on roads, houses, windows and finally in nasal cavities.
As the spring begins it's warming, the weather is hot and sunny which leads to varieties of outdoor activies and increase in symptoms such as watery eyes, itchy throat, sneezing, congestion, runny nose etc.

The main cause of seasonal allergies are pollens spreaded by the wind.
Allergic reaction might be set by pollens landed in a person's skin, nose, lungs. The process stars when pollen is present in the air.
A hude amount of culprits will spring up after the  rains, this month's trees to the grass and weeds.
Until the cold weather moves back in, mold will also rear its ugly spore-head sometime this summer.

There is a few steps how the allergy sufferers can reduce the pollens exposure.
  • Keep all doors, windows closed to prevent those pollens getting to your home.
  • Reduce your activity between 5-10a.m. cause of highest pollens levels in that part of the day.
  • While traveling keep your car windows closed.
  • Try to find out what types of pollen is found in your area, and of course stay indoors on windy day when  the pollen count is high, because it might be presented in huge amounts in the air.
  • Look after clothing and bedding. Laundry hung outside to dry may collect pollen.
  • During the pollen season try to move to a more pollen-freee area or take a vacation,for example sea beach.

If it comes to doctors recomendations you should protect yourself before you go outside or have a flare-up using nasal sprays, eye drops or other allergy medications.
There is a varietis of drugs you make take for treatment such as Benadryl, Allegra, Clarinex, Zyrtec, Veramys, Flonase, Rhinocort, Nasonex and Beconase.
Special drugs that combine antihistamines and decongestants like Claritin-D,Zyrtec-D or Alegra-D. Nasal and oral decongestants like Afrin, Sudafed and Dristan.

You may start an immunotherapy if symptoms are not controlled by medications in other word to start allergy shots.
Allergy shots can reduce the symptoms in up to 85% of patients reported by The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
A lot of people experience significant relief within the first year but often treatment occurs over a 3 to 5 year time span.

All the other ways how to solve the problem toy may discuss with your health care provider including the use of treatments.

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