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Does Bee Pollen Work For Allergies?

The theory is desensitization, the same idea behind immunotherapy. The problem is the dose, the pollens, and the evidence.
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Weather And Allergies.

A light frost does not end pollen season. A moderate freeze does, briefly, in places that still get one. Then dust, mold and dander take over indoors.
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The World’s Weirdest Allergies.

Exercise, sunlight, water, vibration, money, red meat. All real, all rare, and all explained by the same confused immune system.
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Hives Versus Angioedema.

Both are welts from histamine. Hives sit on the surface of the skin. Angioedema swells beneath it, usually around the eyes and lips, and can reach the throat.
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Why Some People Are More Allergic.

One allergic parent gives you about a 50 percent chance. Two give you 75. Then gender, smoke, eczema and how clean your childhood was all weigh in.
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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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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 freeze

How Cold Is Cold Enough.

Light freeze, 29 to 32Kills tender plants. Hardy pollen producers carry on.
Moderate freeze, 25 to 28Several hours at this range ends most allergenic plants for the season.
Temperate zonesMountain cedar, juniper and hickory pollinate through winter in the Southwest and Texas. Some regions never reach the threshold.
Winters Are About Five Degrees Warmer Than A Century Ago
Rain, wind and heat

What The Forecast Does To Pollen.

Rain washes pollen out of the air and then feeds a bigger bloom. Wind carries ragweed hundreds of miles. Heat extends every season.Research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found American pollen seasons about 20 days longer than in 1990 with about 21 percent more pollen. Thunderstorms can shatter pollen grains into smaller fragments that reach deeper into the lungs.Winter brings its own allergens indoors: dust mites in bedding, pet dander in closed rooms, mold in damp basements.
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Stop Watching The Forecast.

Avoidance depends on weather you do not control.Allergy drops desensitize the immune system to the pollens, molds, dust and dander behind every season in one daily dose at home. The weather keeps changing. Your reaction to it does not have to.
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