What Is Allergy?

By Angela Johnson

Over 10 million Americans suffer from allergies to pollen alone, which equals out to approximately one in every five people. Suffers of allergies have a disorder of their immune system and that is what causes the symptoms.

There are many people that are super sensitive to dust, pollen, nuts, and bees these are allergies that could be life threatening if it turn into an anaphylactic reaction and not treated right away.

In hot dry climates it has been found that there are more allergens floating around in the air, rather then humid and cooler climates. Another time when there are a lot of allergens in the air is in the spring and early summer this is because plants and trees are budding helping pollen to be thrown into the air.

There are some medical treatments that could help ward off the unpleasantness of allergies such as antihistamines, decongestants, and nasal steroids.

But any expert in the allergy field will say that the best way to treat the allergy is to stay away form it. In your house it would be a good idea to use an air cleaner with 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.

Allergies can cause many different symptoms and they do effect lifestyles, ask anybody you know with an allergy. New products are now available to aid on allergy problems. More and more people in the United States are being tested for allergies and the out come reveals that more then fifty five percent are allergic to at least one allergen.

So with this said if you are a suffer to seem that you will at least be able to find somebody that is ready to talk about the problem you both suffer from. - 32530

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