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PREPARE NOW FOR SEASONAL ALLERGIES
sonal allergies, pet dander, dust,
mold or other common allergies.
The treatment, administered by
an allergist, is just as efecive as
an allergy shot, and is ideal for
children as well as adults. Prior to
receiving the drops, individuals
must be tested so a formulaion
can be created based on speciic
allergies.
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By: Dr. Cliford Mihail
Otolaryngologist, Susquehanna Health Ear,
Nose & Throat
For some people it is always allergy season! In one way or another, allergies and related asthma afect nearly 50 percent of
Americans who cough, sneeze
and wheeze in response to their
environment. Though it’s a litle
late to ind spring allergy relief
through prescripion medicaions, you can take stock of allergy treatments and get a head
start before hay fever season arrives mid-August.
Allergy symptoms are your body’s
natural response to invading micro-organisms such as pollen,
dust mites, animal dander, molds,
foods and fragrances. When you
come in contact with these micro-organisms, your body releases chemicals like histamines to
atack and destroy the invaders.
The defensive atack can come in
the form of watery eyes, a runny
or stufy nose, rashes, cough or
wheezing. Because seasonal allergy reacions can lead to asthma and sinus infecions, it’s best
to be proacive and keep your
symptoms under control.
During your allergy season, you
can help reduce your sensiivity
by skipping hair mousses, gels,
sprays and other products. These
are pollen magnets that bring the
ofending micro-organisms into
your home and even onto your
If you don’t already have a prescripion, now is a good ime to
make an appointment to discuss
your allergy symptoms with your
doctor. A history of when and how
you experience allergy symptoms
can be a good guide for your doctor, but someimes allergy tesing
is necessary. Depending on what
allergens are afecing you, and Cross reacivity is another relahow your body reacts, there are a ively new area being examined
by allergists. Individuals are disvariety of medicaions to try.
covering that even though they
Tradiional prescripion seasonal are avoiding a known allergen,
allergy medicines have a cumula- such as pollen, they are having
ive efect, meaning you need to the same reacion to something
start geing them into your sys- else that contains the same allertem about six weeks before your gen or one with a similar protein
allergy season begins. Watch structure. One well-documented
television, and you’ll noice that
the allergy medicaion commercials begin running right around
that ime, so try to have your prescripion writen in advance. The
ime to prepare for hay fever season is July!
Allergies are commonly treated
with anihistamines which stop
the release of histamines to eliminate or lessen your symptoms. A
relaively new product that can
help individuals who only experience nasal symptoms is a nasal
anihistamine spray. Available
with a prescripion, this treatment has the beneit of addressing nasal congesion, running and
dripping.
An advantage of anihistamine
sprays is they only need to be
used as needed. Nasal steroid
sprays must be used every day
for maximum efeciveness, and
oral anihistamines are systemic
meaning the medicine afects
all parts of your body and may
have side efects like hyperness,
drowsiness or urinary retenion
in men.
Another relaively new class of
medicaions that can beneit individuals who are not fond of receiving allergy shots is called sublingual immunotherapy. These
are drops that can be placed under the tongue to address sea-
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Dr. Cliford Mihail of Susquehanna Health Ear, Nose & Throat has
more than 30 years of experience
as an otolaryngic allergist managing chemical environmental
and food allergies in children and
adults. He is also an experienced
facial plasic and reconstrucive
surgeon, able to perform surgeries during and ater cancer care
and elecive procedures including
eyelid surgery and rhinoplasty.
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