Seasonal allergic patients wait too long to treat symptoms: Investigation

Seasonal allergic patients wait too long to treat symptoms: Investigation

With the seasons, especially the transition to misery is SPRINGS for people with allergies. These people often do not have the proper time to avoid these annoying symptoms, now leaving them guarding when they strike inevitable.

A survey conducted by Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America asked more than 1000 adults with seasonal allergies and over 500 parents of children with seasonal allergies how to prepare for them when spring arrives. Three out of four, they only thought of managing the symptoms experienced once or when the allergy season has already begun. In addition, more than half did not know that recipes were available to alleviate their allergy symptoms, while about a third did not know their allergy triggers or how to alleviate the symptoms. Less than half of the adults surveyed visited a doctor for advice or received a prescription for an allergy treatment before the allergy season began.

"I do not think that allergies until the symptoms occur is an invitation to misery," said Dr. Rita Machu, allergist at the UCLA Medical Center. "Once activated, you were playing catch up," he said.

So, what is the best action plan for allergy suffers?

Reduce the amount of exposure to allergens in your home by closing the windows of your home and staying indoors during the days of high pollen. In case of exposure to allergens is inevitable, nasal gargling is helpful in reducing the number of allergens have been linked to nasal mucus, which causes an allergic reaction method.

Nasal gargling can be done with the use of an irrigation bottle can be purchased at your local pharmacy or online. Fill it with about eight ounces of distilled or boiled water, waiting to cool first. Add half a teaspoon salt and one teaspoon of baking soda. This can be irrigated through the nostrils to alleviate allergens, using about four ounces of water per nostril. This diet can be halved for use in children. It is also important to note that you should never use tap water without cooking.

"The tap [the water] has a certain amount of bacteria that are not good noses," says Machu.

Gargling nasal may not be attractive to toddlers and older children may not be ready too. For them, Dr. Hernandez-Trujillo prefers potty Net nasal gargle. However, if they are not going to use any method, avoid allergens, if possible, it is the best option. Otherwise, medications such as oral antihistamines, steroids and intranasal intranasal antihistamines may help.

It is important to identify if your child is suffering from seasonal allergies, such as having a sinus infection can occur in the same way. Parents are advised to bring their children to the doctor or pediatrician to discuss allergies and talk to them before using any medication.

Suffering from allergies may be interested in receiving injections against allergies or immunoassay. This is a treatment involving small amounts of allergen is injected into the body, which no longer responds. It can take three to five years to be fully effective.

The more you do, the better," he said. "Eighty-five percent of people who undergo immunoassay allergy will be asymptomatic and have to last eight to 10 years.