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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.
The desert myth

Arizona Imported Its Pollen.

Mulberry, olive and Bermuda grass came west with the people who moved to escape allergies.Add native mesquite and a spring ragweed season, and the Phoenix area now reports allergic rhinitis in about one resident in three. A patient from San Antonio once planned to leave Texas entirely over mountain cedar season.There is no hypoallergenic corner of the country. There are only places whose pollens you have not met yet.
New place, new allergies

Why The Relief Fades.

Many people feel better for a year or two after a move, then develop allergies to the local plants.The immune system that overreacted to birch learns to overreact to oak. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America publishes yearly rankings of the hardest cities, which are useful for comparing pollen, air quality and medication use, but no city on the list is safe for an allergic immune system.Moving also moves your job, your family and your doctor.