Are allergies ruling your life? Do they make it difficult to sleep at night and make your days unbearable? If your answer is yes, you are not the only one. All around the world, many, many people suffer just as you are! Some of those people have found workable ways to treat or eliminate their allergy symptoms and so can you. Below we will review the tips and suggestions that have helped these people.
Test out allergy medicine at home before going anywhere. Test in small doses to ensure that the medicine doesn’t impair you in any negative way. Even where no alarming warnings are printed on the labeling, always take your initial doses when you have nothing important to do, and you do not plan on driving.
During warm weather months, you may wish to open your windows to keep the house at the right temperature. But, doing so could exacerbate your allergies. A better option is to use a HEPA filter in your air-conditioning unit; this drastically reduces the amount of indoor allergens. It may not feel as fresh, but you will certainly breathe more easily.
Before settling in for bed, hop in the shower and shampoo your hair. Your hair and body collects allergens throughout the day, and can cause nighttime allergies to occur while you sleep. Simply wash quickly, and you will find you feel much better.
While skin tests are helpful for finding out what allergies you may have, it might be impossible to test what would happen if you had a reaction to the allergen. You may learn from the test that pollen is an allergen that affects you. Although you may only suffer with very mild symptoms when near this allergen, you also may not suffer at all.
If you plan to engage in outdoor activities during high pollen season, try to do so in the early morning or late evening hours. Studies show that pollen levels are lowest at these times of the day and you will be most comfortable.
You can find histamines that can help you find allergy relief. Request samples from your physician or buy the smallest quantity you can find. By trying out drugs in sample form, you can quickly break off from one and get on another if you need further treatment.
Now you probably have a more informed view of the variety of different methods that exist to help you control or eliminate your allergy symptoms. Read the tips again, if you need to, and then apply them in life. You will soon find the relief you want, so you can get on with living your life.