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Allergic Conjuctivitis
I was so glad that this article made the point that allergic conjunctivitis is not contagious. So many people hear the word “conjunctivitis” and they are afraid to go near you. My son gets seasonal allergic conjunctivitis and every year the school nurse wants to send him home! I hope she reads this article and [...]
Continue reading...Athletic Asthma
28. August 2009
Athletic asthma is also called exercise induced asthma. This is different from ‘regular’ asthma because it is only triggered by physical activity. Although exercise can cause someone with asthma to have an asthma attack. Usually athletic asthma is found in children and current information indicates that these children may have very mild asthma that is [...]
Continue reading...Forecast Your Suffering
25. August 2009
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 [...]
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...Hay = Pollen?
18. August 2009
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 [...]
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...Allergic to Mosquitoes?
12. August 2009
I tell everyone my husband is allergic to mosquitoes. Why? Because each bite swells up to about the size of a quarter and makes his health go downhill faster than you can say, well…mosquito. In addition to the normal itching the site of the bite gets painful and if he has more than one or [...]
Continue reading...Always Sick?
11. August 2009
I was always sick and I never knew exactly why until I read this article. I discovered that I suffer from hay fever due to my area’s high pollen count and animal dander. I took steps to avoid my triggers by following the tips in the article and spoke to my doctor about medication. Now, [...]
Continue reading...I’m Not Crying
7. August 2009
I swear you’d think I was the biggest crybaby in the entire world the way people sometimes look at me. As a matter of fact I’m not the kind of bird that cries at all around other people. But to look at my eyes sometimes you’d never know that. I use to get sooo tired [...]
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 [...]
1. September 2009
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