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Written From The Exam Room.

Our founder spent more than thirty years in private allergy practice before starting AllergyEasy.These pieces began as his blog and have been updated and consolidated. Each one ends the same way, because the question underneath most of them is the same: can this allergy be treated, not just managed? Usually, yes.Nothing here replaces a conversation with your own physician.
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The theory

Right Idea, Wrong Pollen.

Eating local bee pollen is supposed to expose you to local allergens until the body tolerates them.That is the principle behind immunotherapy. But bees collect pollen from bright, insect-pollinated flowers. Hay fever comes from wind-pollinated trees, grasses and weeds, which bees mostly ignore. The pollens in the jar are largely not the ones making you sneeze.There is also no dose control. One spoonful may contain a trace of ragweed, the next a lot.
The evidence

Anecdotes, Not Trials.

Bee pollen is a real nutritional product with proteins, vitamins and antioxidants. As an allergy treatment it has testimonials and no controlled trials.It can also cause reactions, including anaphylaxis, in people allergic to pollen or bee products, which is exactly the group trying it. Anyone with asthma or a history of severe reactions should not experiment with it.Honey has the same appeal and the same gap in evidence.