What You Need To Know About Seasonal Allergies
Allergy season is a very difficult time of the year for people who react to these changes. For some people, the pollen in the air can easily affect virtually everything that they do. The sneezing, coughing, watery and itching eyes, postal nasal drip, puffy eyelids, and runny nose is usually a recipe for physical ailments that keep people up all night long. Even though everyone may be different in the symptoms and severity of these seasonal allergies, there are some things that people can do to relieve the health problems that they experience. With these things in mind, here are some tips that you can use to minimize the problems that you experience with seasonal allergies.
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Make Sure that You Can Identify Your Triggers
If you live in an area that is well known for having rough allergy seasons, you need to learn as much as you can about your own body and how it responds. Because there are so many different influences that affect how your body will react, you need to become familiar with the triggers that can set your allergic attacks in position. For instance, you need to know what's in the air or ground that your body is rejecting. Here are just a few things that you may suspect.
Plants
- Pigweed
- Sagebrush and mugwort
- Lamb’s-quarters
- Tumbleweed and Russian thistle
- Burning bush
- Cocklebur
Airborne Allergy Attackers
- Morning hour Pollen levels
- Post Rainfall high pollen counts
- Ground Pollen Remains
- Pollen soars in weather that's warm
When you review the list above, you may find the problems on the ground or the air that causes your allergies to flare up. Also, once your allergens have been identified, you can use this information to create a plan of action that will protect you and your health during these times. Based on the severity of these attacks, you may want to do one or more of the following:
1. Move to a climate that is allergy season free.
While this option may sound pretty severe, this is not always the case. Some people may have more severe problems that cause them to have difficulty breathing. A fresh start in an area that does not make you sneeze and/or lose sleep may be the solution that ultimately helps the most.
2. Wear a Mask During High Seasonal Allergy Times
If moving to a different location is not an option for you, you need to seek out another solution that will free you. One of the most important is to wear a mask when you are outdoors. If you are wearing a mask during the highest allergy season time, you can minimize the risks of having an attack after leaving the outdoors.
3. Get Extra Relief from a Prescription or an Over the Counter Aid
When you cannot get comfortable, you may want to find the relief that you need via a prescription from a physician. Or, you may choose to try an over the counter-seasonal aid to help you get through the worst symptoms.
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