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Attack Your Allergies from Every Angle ~

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This is the list that REAL AGE has put together to combat your allergy. Hope this helps everyone and be ready for the allergy attack! This is the step-by-step guide. Use it to lay the groundwork for your own, personalized allergy-control plan:

Partner with your doctor. Solid allergy relief won’t come from a single visit to your doctor. Only a long-term relationship with your doctor will do — one in which you proactively track and share your symptoms, ask the right questions, and follow-up if you’re not getting the relief you need.

Get allergy-tested — even if you’ve been tested before. Your allergy triggers can change with time.

Avoid your triggers. It’s impossible to avoid all your triggers, but you should try. Minimizing exposure is the best way to prevent symptoms from flaring. Use these tips to avoid dust mites, pet dander, and mold:

This is just some of the suggestion from Dr. Mehmet Oz:

Use special 1-micron or latex covers for all pillows and mattresses to keep dust mites from sneaking out of the bed (these are sold commonly as “hypoallergenic dust-mite protectors”). They should zip, not just wrap or stretch around like a cover sheet.

Dust, sweep, and vacuum at least once a week, including curtains, blinds, and vents. Whenever possible, use HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) filters, which pick up even the smallest microns of dust and trap cat and dog dander. Change them four times a year.

Fill your home with air-filtering plants. Plants such as Ficus, snake plants, and gerbera daisies help clean your air by removing carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, and other indoor air pollutants. Ask your local plant store for other suggestions.

If you have severe allergies, you may want to consider hardwood floors instead of carpet in your home.

Follow your medication plan. That includes sticking with any over-the-counter or prescription medications for as long as your doctor recommends.

Live a healthy lifestyle. Kick bad habits, such as smoking, drinking too much alcohol, or eating inflammation-inducing junk food.

Don’t forget the TLC.  Saline sprays, neti pots, humidifier, and other self-care remedies provide extra layers of allergy-symptom relief, so don’t skip this step.

When Should You See A Doctor About Your Allergies ~

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If your an allergy sufferer like I am, and what to know when you should go see your GP/Doctor to get checked up.. then here’s some tips for you to analyze before you see them.  I know when it seasons change, especially spring time, my allergy kicks in, but if I can get meds before it starts its not really that bad, but the other thing I suffer as well is that I am allergic to Cats hair and now recently just found out that I am also allergic to Dog’s hair??!?!?  WTF… I never was that bad, but on our mini vacation last week, we went to spend time with my in-laws they have a lovely dog Chester, when I walked in her house, I was okay until maybe 15 mins.. I started to sneeze alot and coughing my head off! I didn’t understand when on our way there, I was fine!!

I finally had to succumb that my allergic reaction was to the dog, as Mum never opens her windows in the living room at all to get some fresh air in.. *sighs* So, I had to get some benadryl to help me with it, and I had to take them before I went to sleep and when I woke up in the morning.  So here goes:

Before your appointment, make a list of your symptoms, including when you experience them and when you don’t as well as what works to relieve them and what doesn’t.

– at your appointment your doctor will ask you:

1 – Ask about your symptoms, medical history, and any family history of allergies or asthma

2 – Ask about medications you’re taking

3 – Check your nose, eyes, ears, and throat

4 – Check your lungs by listening to your breathing

5 – Check your skin for rashes

If you and your doctor suspect seasonal allergies or allergic asthma is at work, you may choose to try over-the-counter or prescription medications to relieve your symptoms. Your doctor may also suggest allergy testing to gather more information or may refer you to a specialist (allergist/immunologist).  Click on this link – REAL AGE and take a test online and thanks to them for this helpful list! GOOD LUCK!! 🙂

Daily Secret Teachings ~

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From The Secret Daily Teachings

You can limit yourself by the story you have created about you. Here are some simple examples of how the story we have created about ourselves can limit us:
I am no good at math. I have never been able to dance. I am not a very good writer. I am very stubborn. I don’t sleep well. I am very moody. I struggle with my weight. My English is not good. I am always late. I am not a very good driver. I can’t see without my glasses. It is hard for me to make friends. Money seems to slip through my fingers.