ALLERGIES

Spring’s pollens. Summer’s smog. Autums’s falling leaves. Winter’s house dust. For millions of Americans, each change of season brings its own brand of allergens and irritans. For people with common hay fever and allergies, these pollutants can bring on symptoms ranging from a continuous, annoying postnasal drip to a full-scale, coughing-sneezing-itchy-eyed allergy attack. For other allergy sufferer, such as those with asthma or an allergy to bee sting, attack can be fatal.
FOLLOWING TIPS ARE DESIGNED TO HELP REDUCE DISCOMFORT CAUSE BY ALLERGY:
*AVOID THE CULPIT. The best way to reduce discomfort of an allergy is to avoid exposure to allergen as much as possible. If your allergic with cats avoid visiting homes of friends who own them. Avoid touching or picking up the animal.
*RINSE YOUR EYES. I f your eyes are itchy and irritated and you have no access to allergy medicine. Rinsing your eyes with cool, clean water may help soothe them.
*TRY A WARM WASHCLOTH. If sinus passages feel congested and painful, a washcloth soaked in warm water may make things flow a little easier. Place the washcloth over the nose and upper-cheek area for a few minutes.
*USE SALINE SOLUTION. Irrigating the noise with saline solution may help sooth upper-respiratory allergies by removing irritants that become lodged in the nose, causing inflammation.
*WASH YOUR HAIR. If you’ve spend long hours outdoors during the pollen season, wash your hair after you come inside to remove pollen.
*TAKE A SHOWER. If you wake up in the middle of the night with a coughing, sneezing allergy attack, a hot shower mat wash off any pollen residues you’ve collected on your body. Warm water also relax you and help you go back to sleep.
*WEAR SUNGLASSES. On a windy day in pollen season, a pair of sunglasses may help shield your eyes from airborne allergens for extra protection.
*BEWARE OF THE AIR. Air-pollution may augment allergies and may actually induce people to have allergies. Staying outside as little as possible on smoggy days or wearing a surgical mask, especially if you exercise outside . The mask won’t remove everything, but it will help.
*MAKE YOUR HOUSE A NO-SMOKING ZONE. Don’t allow smoking in your house or apartment. Smoke is a notorious irritant.
*KEEP THE WINDOW SHUT. Close the window will keep pollen out of the house or apartment.
*DUST WITH A DAMP CLOTH. Dusting at least once a week is important…but if done improperly, it may aggravate respiratory allergies. Dusting spray may give off odor that can worsen allergies.
*DON’T DUST AT ALL. If dusting aggravates your allergies, don’t do it. Instead, ask a spouse or family member to do the dirty work or hire a housekeeper if possible.
*THINK BEFORE YOU BURN. It is common to burn household and construction refuse, this way not be such a wise idea. Wood that is treated with heavy metals or other chemical laden materials will irritate everybody, but the person who is allergic or asthmatic will have proportionately more difficulty.
*CUT THROUGH THE SMOKE. People with respiratory allergies find that the wood smoke poses a particular problem. Choking down throws irritating toxins into the air, which will be breathed in by you and your neighbors.
*MAKE SURE YOUR FINAL RINSE REALLY RINSES. Chemical in detergents and other laundry product can cause skin irritation in many people. There really are no mild detergents. Its important that the final rinse cycle on your machine thoroughly rinses the detergent from your clothes.