Thursday, September 16, 2010

Tips to Overcome Pollen Allergy sSymptoms

By: Diah R

Pollens from trees which just carried away by wind or insects are the main cause of pollen allergies.
People can react with an allergy because of their body’s sensitivity to the pollen which presents in lung, eyes, nose, skin etc.
The symptoms of pollens allergy varies from less severe like sneezing, coughing, irritation of the eye etc to more severe such as allergic conjunctivitis, allergic rhinitis and even allergic asthma.
These are some tips for allergy patients
1. In reducing or even eliminating allergy to the pollen, try to consume local honey shich is proved to be effective enough. It is believed that naturally honey contains pollen by-products that can act as a vaccine to help the patient in making immunity to pollen stronger. The recommended doses for local honey to take are a tablespoon twice daily to be taken for a few months before the season.
2. To identify the cause of the allergy, allergy shot is the best. Or they can do skin or blood test to identify allergens that can trigger symptoms. A small amount of allergens are injected over period of time and the result is less severe reaction.
3. Patients with allergy to the pollen should reduce exposure by staying indoors almost all of the time. When travelling, they should close doors and windows. Drying the laundry in a washing machine is better than outside. Be sure to dust house and bed completely. On vacation avoid peak pollen timing and areas and find places with less pollen such as beach, sea etc.
4. Don’t neglect the medication to minimize the symptoms Even though there are many prescriptions to lower the symptoms of pollen allergy, always consider to consult a pharmacist before consuming drugs. Always stock the medications before the season, because there may be a lack of stock during the season for its high prevalence.
5. You can try therapy acupuncture and chiropractic, but be careful to choose the good practitioner with well experience in elimination of allergy and sensitivity and reprogramming technique as well.

Within a short time this therapy proved to be effective in some people. It is because without medications and harmful side reactions, people will feel improvement and disappear of the symptoms.
Patients with pollen allergy are quite common. But the symptoms can easily be alleviated.

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