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Pine Tree Pollen

I think I’ve mentioned before that I live in Florida? Where the state tree is (or should be) the pine tree. I’m not allergic, thankfully, but I’ve been thinking about how horrible it would be if I were. Let me illustrate with a few examples. During pine tree pollen season, my screened porch gets coated [...]

Chlorine Allergy

A friend of mine has a kind of odd allergy. Well she calls it an allergy but it’s more of a chemical reaction I guess. She is allergic to chlorine. If chlorine touches her skin she breaks out into what looks like hives except they may remain for weeks instead of hours. She has to [...]

Roaches are Coaches for Allergens

People who have dust mite allergies should also be wary of cockroaches. Apparently cockroaches are cross allergenic with dust mites, so if you’re allergic to one you might be allergic to the other. No one wants to think there are roaches in their house, but they’re more common than most people would like to think. [...]

Forecast Your Suffering

Plant pollination occurs every spring, summer, and fall. The pollen grains released by trees, grasses, and weeds cause illness and suffering in over 40 million Americans. Pollen forecasts measure the amount and types of pollen present in the air, providing allergy sufferers the knowledge of when to avoid being outside.
Learn more about pollen forecasts in [...]

No Scrambled Eggs

No matter what food allergy you have it will play havoc with your health. It is completely unreal to me how many problems you run into when you have to avoid one food. I’ve mentioned my onion allergy which is somewhat random but after I made breakfast this morning (eggs and toast if you were [...]

Latex Allergies

Latex is something most people take for granted. Your doctor and dentist wear latex gloves when treating you and the versatile stuff is in lots of common products like balloons, toys, pacifiers, bandages, adhesive tape, and condoms. However, if you have a latex allergy it can be very serious.
Mild Latex allergy symptoms:

Coughing
Hives
Itchy eyes
Rash
Sneezing

Severe latex allergy [...]

Allergies are So Unfair

I hate how I can never seem to go outside during the spring without sneezing and having itchy eyes, yet my best friend can be outside all day and never have any symptoms. Why do some people experience allergies, while others seem to be fine during pollen season? And what can I do to control [...]

Back to School Allergens

I’ve mentioned before that as a student I had serious health problems as a result of allergens in my old school. By old school I don’t mean the school I went to before I mean the building was old. My dad went to school there. My problems as an adult teacher weren’t as severe because [...]

Hay = Pollen?

This article talks about what triggers hay fever and what to do about it. Hay fever actually doesn’t have anything to do with hay, nor does it cause a fever—in fact, it’s another common name for a pollen allergy. As anyone with allergies knows, they can greatly affect your everyday life, but fortunately, there are [...]

College Allergies

When parents and students think about that first week away from home in the brand new college dorm there are lots of worries. Parents worry that their child will be influenced to do things they wouldn’t approve of, that they won’t study, that they’ll sleep through that early class. Students are worried about finding parties, [...]