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Jobs That Are Hard On Allergies.

Veterinary clinics, landscaping, salons, housekeeping. Some workplaces are built out of allergens. Here is what helps, and what helps more.

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Cold, Flu, Or Allergies?

Same runny nose, sneezing and cough. Different causes, different durations, different treatments. Three questions sort it out.

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Tired? It Could Be Allergies.

A stuffy nose ruins sleep, the medication for it makes you drowsy, and the immune system burns energy fighting pollen all day. Fatigue is an allergy symptom.

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About these articles

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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Tell them apart

Fever, Itch, And The Calendar.

ColdA virus. Sneezing, sore throat, runny then stuffy nose, mild aches, sometimes low fever. Three to seven days, rarely past fourteen.

FluA virus that hits fast and hard. High fever, body aches, exhaustion, dry cough. One to two weeks, with fatigue lingering.

AllergiesNo fever, no body aches. Itchy watery eyes, sneezing fits, clear runny nose, post-nasal drip. Lasts as long as the allergen is around, which can be months.

Itchy Eyes Are The Giveaway

The cold that never ends

Twenty-Five Sick Days A Year.

A golfer’s mother thought her son was constantly sick. He missed about 25 school days a year. It was grass allergy.Colds come with fever and leave within two weeks. Allergy hangs on, comes back on schedule each season, and travels with itchy eyes and a tickle in the throat. If your cold outlasts a fortnight or returns every April, it is probably allergy, and antibiotics will not touch it.A hangover-like morning headache in pollen season is often the same thing.

Treat The One That Can Be Treated.

Colds and flu run their course. Allergy can be retrained.Testing confirms the pattern; allergy drops desensitize the immune system to the pollens, dust, mold and dander behind it, at home, daily. The golfer finished treatment symptom-free and back on the course.

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