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Immunotherapy for Allergies
If you’ve tried allergy medication and eliminating allergens as much as possible from your life but continue suffer with allergies, you may want to consider immunotherapy.
Understanding Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy is a process of receiving injections with your particular allergen(s) so that your body will produce antibodies to ward of your reaction to them. The doctor will start [...]
What About a Butterbur?
3. September 2009
Around 40 percent of allergy sufferers use different alternative and natural treatments to relieve allergies. These treatments are not approved by the FDA, but are sometimes recommended by doctor and allergists. Butterbur, honey, quercetin, stinging nettle, and sodium selenite have different advantageous benefits to relieving allergy symptoms.
Continue reading...Allergy Remedies and Health Insurance
31. August 2009
My family health insurance doesn’t cover some..no make that lots, of the things that my doctor tells me I need. Yes, they cover my medication. Well, my prescription medication. Now that one of the meds I take is over the counter (and I h*have* to have it) my insurance doesn’t cover it. Nor does my [...]
Continue reading...Acupuncture
30. August 2009
This article really helped me understand the philosophy of acupuncture. My boyfriend got excellent relief with acupuncture treatments. Unfortunately, he had to stop because it was so expensive he could not afford it. I don’t understand why health insurance doesn’t cover acupuncture treatments! They will pay for all kinds of dangerous and invasive procedures, but [...]
Continue reading...Allergies are So Unfair
20. August 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Carbon vs. Mold
13. August 2009
I’ve had mold allergies for years. I feel really torn after reading this because running the air conditioner and dehumidifier all the time would definitely cut down on the mold in my house, but it would use so much electricity and really raise my carbon footprint. I don’t want to contribute to global warming but [...]
Continue reading...Histamines
6. August 2009
Ugh, hay fever! Every spring it’s the same: itchy eyes, runny nose and lots of sneezing.
Did you know that it’s not the pollen that causes hay fever symptoms? It’s actually your immune system releasing chemicals called histamines because it (wrongly) assumes that the pollen is a threat. The histamines are what actually promote those icky [...]
Hay Fever Symptoms?
4. August 2009
Hay fever is not a viral infection like a cold. That means it requires different types of treatments, but first – it’s important to get an accurate diagnosis. Some hay fever attacks occur at certain times of the year while others can last all year long. It’s amazing how many different allergens are out there [...]
Continue reading...Do Natural Allergy Remedies Work?
30. July 2009
I suffer from hay fever, but I’d much rather treat my symptoms naturally than put myself through medication. I’d never realized that there were so many alternative remedies available for my allergies. But are they as effective as traditional medications?
This article had some interesting alternative treatments: http://www.hayfeverremedies.info/articles/alternative-treatments/index.php
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Olive Oil and Skin Rashes
24. July 2009
No, olive oil doesn’t cause skin rashes. In fact, it is just the opposite. A friend of mine has really bad rashes, sometime doctors tell her she has eczema and other times she’s been told it is ‘just’ allergies. Seriously, if you could see what her skin sometimes looks like you’d want to smack the [...]
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14. March 2010
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