It's allergy season!
It is the time of year that I begin to have an itchy nose. My kids start sneezing and I begin getting calls about runny noses and coughs. When I look out of the window or walk in my neighborhood, I see the trees beginning to bud and I know that it is allergy season.
SEASONAL ALLERGIES:
Here are a few things you can do to make this season a bit easier for the allergy sufferers in your family:
Make sure to change out your home air filters. Lots of dust and allergens are trapped in the dry air circulated during the winter. This time of year, you may need to change them every month especially when the pollen picks up and turns everything green and yellow
Make sure to check in with your doctor and consider my go to products: saline irrigation every night to flush out the allergens you are exposed to during the day, fluticasone over the counter nose spray to help with inflammation, and over the counter cetirizine or loratadine especially when pollen counts are up. I recommend discussing starting these tactics with your doctor this week!
Make sure to do an allergy and asthma check in with your doctor to review medications if Spring is a particularly tough season change for you. I schedule every 3 month telephone check ins for my patients with asthma and allergies as it is really important to review symptoms and consider decreasing or increasing medication at regular intervals.
Consider raw, local honey and other natural immune boosters.
Hope this is helpful. Here’s to your health, happiness, and peace!