Friday, March 12, 2010

A Guide To Allergy

By Angela Johnson

Over 10 million Americans suffer from allergies to pollen alone, which equals out to approximately one in every five people. Allergy suffers have a disorder in their immune system, this is what makes the symptoms.

Many people are allergic to dust, pollen , nuts, and bumble bees and they are so sensitive to these allergies that the allergy could become life threatening and turn into an anaphlyactic reaction if it doesn't get treated immediately.

In hot dry climates it has been found that there are more allergens floating around in the air, rather then humid and cooler climates. In the spring and early summer is another time that there are a lot of allergens in the air this is because the plants and the trees are budding and this helps out the pollen.

Antihistamines, decongestants, and also nasal spray are medical treatments that help ward off some of the uncomfortableness of allergies.

However an expert in the allergy field may insist that to treat an allergy is to stay away from it altogether. Inside of your home you should look into using an air cleaner that has a HEPA filter.

HEPA filters eliminate almost all dust, and pollen from the air. Anybody who is allergic to smoke an activated carbon filter works great.

Ask anybody you know with an allergy how many different symptoms that they have, they will have a long list. There are some new products that are now available to help with the allergy problem. In the United States there are an increasing amount of people that have allergies, when people get tested over fifty percent have at least one allergen.

If you suffer from any type of allergy you should be able to fond somebody else that has the exact some allergy.

About the Author:

No comments:

Post a Comment