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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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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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Rare but real

Six You Have Not Heard Of.

ExerciseExercise-induced anaphylaxis: hives, stomach symptoms and sometimes full anaphylaxis from physical activity, often only after eating a specific food.
Sun and waterPolymorphous light eruption raises itchy red bumps within half an hour of sun. Aquagenic urticaria raises hives from bath water, rain, even tears.
Vibration and coinsVibratory urticaria welts up on a bumpy road or a lawnmower. Coin rashes are usually nickel allergy, which affects nearly one person in five.
Red Meat Allergy Comes From A Tick Bite
The common thread

Same Mistake, Different Trigger.

Every allergy is the immune system treating something harmless as a threat and releasing histamine to fight it.Whether the trigger is birch pollen or a vibrating steering wheel, the chemistry at the skin, nose and airways is the same, which is why antihistamines help most of them a little and why the rare ones are diagnosed by careful history rather than a standard test.The red meat allergy, alpha-gal syndrome, follows a Lone Star tick bite and causes reactions hours after beef or pork.
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For The Common Ones, There Is Treatment.

The weird allergies are managed by avoidance. The common ones, pollen, dust, mold, dander and many foods, can be treated.Allergy drops desensitize the immune system with daily doses at home. People with an unusual allergy often have ordinary ones too, and treating those lowers the overall reactivity.
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