Allergies
« Previous EntriesAllergy season at its worst in the US
Friday, June 10th, 2011Proving all the poets wrong, spring is far removed from welcome for Americans who suffer from allergies. Frequent changes in climate including heavy snowfall and rains have caused trees to pollinate longer while a sudden change of warm weather in other parts of the country has brought about robust release of pollens. Random deluges coupled with [...]
Allergy season at its worst in the US
Monday, May 23rd, 2011Proving all the poets wrong spring is far removed from welcome for Americans who suffer from allergies. Frequent changes in climate including heavy snowfall and rains have caused trees to pollinate longer while a sudden change of warm weather in other parts of the country has brought about robust release of pollens. Random deluges coupled with [...]
Seasonal allergies linked with worsening depression
Friday, May 13th, 2011Apart from uncontrollable sneezing, itchy eyes, coughing and dripping nose, seasonal allergies can also cause depression. Yes, for many among the 36 million Americans who get affected by seasonal allergies every spring, the annoyance associated with the condition often become serious enough to aggravate depression.
A recent research has revealed that a person suffering from [...]
Seasonal allergies on the rise
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011Allergic rhinitis or seasonal allergies prevent over 60 million Americans from appreciating the colors of spring as they suffer from allergies to trees, shrubs or pollens. According to National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, 10% of the entire American population suffers from seasonal allergies while another 10% have year-round allergies, viz. allergies to pets [...]
Xolair helps children in overcoming milk intolerance
Sunday, March 27th, 2011A new study suggests that allergy medication Xolair may be helpful in developing milk tolerance in children who are allergic to milk products. The study found that a method called sensitization, in which a child’s exposure to a food he/she is allergic to is gradually increased, is facilitated by the use of Xolair.
Sensitization is a [...]
Intranasal steroids best for reducing hayfever nasal symptoms
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010Treatment with intranasal steroids (INSs) produces the greatest reductions in nasal symptoms among patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis, results of a systematic review show.
Writing in the Annals of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology, Michael Benninger (Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA) and team explain that guidelines on the management of allergic rhinitis emphasize the importance of targeting nasal airway [...]
Holiday Allergies
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009‘Tis the season for beautiful windows and decorations, Christmas trees and allergies.
The holidays didn’t used to bother Devin Brown, until his Jewish mother remarried and started celebrating Christmas. “Got near the tree and started sneezing and had a reaction. Coughing and my eyes were watering and I kind of blew up a like a blowfish,” [...]
Preventing allergies
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009Vaccination can lower children’s risk of allergy. Cathleen Muche-Borowski and her coauthors present a clinical practice guideline for allergy prevention in the current issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2009; 106[39]: 625-31).
Allergic diseases are becoming increasingly common in Western industrialized countries. As there is still no etiologically based treatment of allergic asthma, hay [...]
Fall allergies are upon us
Thursday, October 1st, 2009It seems swine flu gets all the attention these days as the nation prepares for the H1N1 virus to finally do its dirtiest here, but it’s not the only health concern Americans should think about now.
Autumn is also a peak allergy season in Evansville and many areas in the country, bringing its own set of [...]
Affordable ways to deal with allergies
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009Sneezing, sore throat and itchy eyes are all symptoms a lot of people suffer from in the spring. How can you get relief and not break the bank when it comes to allergies?
“It never really goes away,” says Dr. Jim Harris, an allergist with the South Bend Clinic. “It’s pretty much all summer long.”
Harris says [...]
