What you need to know about allergies

Somewhere around 45 million Americans are affected by allergies. An allergic reaction is a response by your immune system to a substance that it thinks is a harmful allergen. It reacts by releasing histamines that cause inflammatory reactions in the digestive, skin and/or respiratory systems. Always consult with your personal healthcare professional on any matter related to your health.

1. More than 35 million Americans suffer from “hay fever,” which is technically “allergic rhinitis.”

2. If you suffer, it is not as easy as moving to another place.
According to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI), most people who move develop new allergies to new things within a year or two. “Moving to another part of the country to escape allergies is often disappointing and not recommended.”

3. The top 10 “allergy capitals” in the US are…
1.Louisville, KY

2. Austin, Texas

3. St. Louis, MO

4. Atlanta, Ga.

5.Charlotte, North Carolina

6. Hartford-New Haven, CT

7. Nashville, Tennessee

8. Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville, North Carolina

9. Harrisburg-Lancaster-York, Pennsylvania

10. Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo, MI

Come here

([http://www.allergypreventioncenter.com/news2003/top50allergycapitals.html] ) to read the top 50 and how they ranked.

4. The weather influences the symptoms of hay fever.
Symptoms worsen when pollen moves: hot, dry, windy weather. When it’s rainy, cloudy, or windless, pollen doesn’t move.

5. It’s the pollen you can’t see that does the most damage.
Pollen are tiny, egg-shaped male cells of flowering plants. How small are they? Microscopic.

6. Do I have to give up my roses and zinnias?
According to the AAAAI, pollen from plants with bright flowers is usually fine. It is the low-growing trees, grasses, and weeds that have the small, light, dry pollen that is easily airborne.

7. What about your nails?
While cosmetics and salon services are generally safe, Dr. Phoebe Rich of the American Academy of Dermatologists warns of the potential problem of allergic reactions. The most common ingredient that can create an allergic reaction is methyl methacrylate, or MMA, which is used in acrylic nail application. Dr. Rich advises: “Although many states have banned MMA and the FDA has issued warnings about its dangers, the substance is still used in some discount salons because it costs much less than safer acrylate alternatives such as methyl methacrylate. ethyl. ..If consumers notice a strong odor associated with acrylic nail application, MMA is probably being used and that salon should be avoided. Consumers should also report that salon to the state medical board.”

8. Seasonal allergic conjunctivitis is on the rise.
If your eyes are itchy, burning, red, watery or watery, and feel like sandpaper, and your eyelids are swollen, it could be allergic conjunctivitis. Viral and bacterial conjunctivitis can produce the same symptoms. Why should you know the difference? Because the treatment is different. An example: if it’s bacterial, you may be given Neosporin drops, which (spore = mold) will make your allergy symptoms worse!

9. How do you know if it’s a cold or an allergy?
Read the distinction here ([http://www.allergypreventioncenter.com/news2003/coldsvsallergies.html] )

10. Use a good nutraceutical to boost your immune system and help fight your allergies.

A product like Arbonne’s DefenseBuilder, or Get Well Soon Dietary Supplement, scientifically proven to strengthen your immune system, can help fight off the attack and help you recover when allergies strike. Go here: http://susandunn.myarbonne.com. Arbonne also had lotions, shaving creams and cosmetics with pure and safe ingredients, important because allergies are cumulative. Emotions attack your health, too, so consider it’s allergy season, you’re having a fight with your wife, you’re eating bacon, and you’re putting a lot of cheap drugstore lotion on your face and lips. Oh my! What you put on your skin is absorbed into your bloodstream.
10. More than 6,000,000 Americans suffer from food allergies.
According to the FoodAllergyInitiative, “every year, hundreds die from food and allergies, and more than 30,000 receive life-saving treatment in emergency rooms for food-induced anaphylaxis. [difficulty in breathing, heart failure, circulatory collapse and sometimes death].” Source: http://www.foodallergyinitiative.org/.
Allergies can be caused by any food, but 90% are caused by peanuts, shellfish, soy, egg, wheat, fish, milk, and tree nuts.