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What You Can Do About Your Ragweed Allergy

August 27, 2008 by Joi 5 Comments

If you’re one of Ragweed’s chosen ones, you may be about as miserable right about now as I am with my Poison Oak. Don’t you just hate it when Mother Nature throws curve balls?  I honestly believe I’ll smell like Calamine for the rest of my life.

Ragweed Allergies

Of Americans who are allergic to pollen-producing plants, 75 percent are allergic to ragweed. People with allergies to one type of pollen tend to develop allergies to other pollen as well.
People with ragweed allergy may also get symptoms when they eat cantaloupe and banana. Chamomile tea, sunflower seeds and honey containing pollen from Composite family members occasionally cause severe reactions, including shock. – Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America

Ragweed Allergy symptoms include eye irritation, runny nose, stuffy nose, puffy eyes, sneezing, and inflamed, itchy nose and throat. Sounds like a lot of fun.

Below are specific things you should and should not be doing to make your life with this particular allergy more bearable.

  • Track the pollen count in your area. You www.aaaai.org.  You’ll be better informed when the pollen count is particularly high – cluing you in to just hit the couch and watch a Johnny Depp marathon.
  • When driving or riding in a car, use the AC as opposed to the windows.
  • Use an air conditioner at home with a HEPA (high efficiency particulate air) filter attachment when the pollen count is high. This will remove pollen from the indoor air.  Again, keep the windows up.
  • Don’t dry your clothes on a clothesline – pollen will hitchhike inside.
  • Take antihistamine medications.  Anti inflammatory nose sprays or drops are also helpful and come without the side effects of some antihistamines.
  • If you’re hit particularly hard, you might consider seeing your doctor about allergy shots.
  • I have no idea, whatsoever, what the correlation is, but experts say that those who are suffering from season allergies should avoid bananas, cucumbers, honey (made with pollen), Chamomile tea, sunflower seeds, and zucchini.
  • For the best results, you should actually start taking antihistamines, such as Claritin, Zyrtec, Allergra, or Xyzal BEFORE allergy symptoms appear.  So, if you suffer from hay fever or ragweed, start taking one of these pills each morning.  Doing so may just keep your symptoms at bay.

I came across something interesting while reading about Ragweed, allergies, hay fever, and other seasonal miseries.  People who suffer from allergies such as ragweed often think that moving to the beach or heading out west will be their salvation from sneezing.  The fact is, doctors tell us that people who make this type of move may, indeed, feel better during the next season.  During months when they normally would have been red, sneezing, and miserable – they find themselves without a single complaint.  The problem is, if someone is allergy sensitive, they’ll actually develop allergies to their new local plants in a few years.

So, put away your Mountain and Ocean brochures, close the windows, take your medicine, and have a cup of coffee.

*** Here’s another useful link: Best Antihistamines for Allergies

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Claritin, hay fever, hay fever allergy, ragweed allergies, Ragweed allergy, Xyzal, Zyrtec

I’m Crazy About This George Bernard Shaw Quote

August 3, 2008 by Joi Leave a Comment

George Bernard Shaw Quote
 

“Better Keep yourself clean and bright. You’re the window through which you must see the world.” – George Bernard Shaw

This George Bernard Shaw quote is an excellent reminder that everything – absolutely everything – begins and ends with us. It’s a reminder to keep our thoughts and hearts as clean and free from worries, anxieties, and negativity as we possibly can.

This is one of those great inspirational and motivational quotes that is worth – not just writing down…. but memorizing!

~ Joi

Filed Under: Daily Quote, Positive Thought Tagged With: Daily Quote, George Bernard Shaw Quote, inspirational quote, motivational quote, quotes

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