A N O VERVIEW ON P OLLEN AND O THER A LLERGIES P OLLEN A LLERGY G UIDE

D URING
FALL , SUMMER , AND SPRING , PLA NTS ACTIVELY

RELEASE SMALL , POWDERY SUBSTANCES C ALLED POLLEN . T HESE GRAINS ARE AIR BOUND TO REACH POTEN TIAL POLLINATING PARTN ERS . N OT ALL RELEA SED AN D TRANSFERRED POLLEN G ET TO REACH OT HER PL ANTS . P OLLEN ALLERGY CAN BE CAT EGORIZED A S SEASON AL ALLERGIC RHINITIS AN D THIS IS TRIGG ER ED B Y INHALING POLLEN GRAINS IN THE AIR . T HIS TYP E O F ALLERGIC RHINITIS IS ALSO KNO WN AS HAY FEVER .

P OLLEN

ALLERGY B ELONG S TO TH E LIST O F POP ULAR ALLERGIES IN THE WOR LD . O THER CAUSES OF ALLER GIES LIKE ANIMAL HAIR , FOOD , AND MEDICATI ONS ARE EASY TO AVOID . H OUSEHOLD I NSECTS AND DUST C AN BE AVOIDED , TOO . I F YOU ARE INSIDE A H OUSE WITH C LOSED DOO RS AND WINDO WS , HOWEVER , IT WOULD BE IMPO SSIB LE FOR YOU TO ESCAPE AIRBORNE POLL EN .

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LOT OF PEOPL E THINK THAT PET ALLERGY IS CAUSE D BY THEIR PET ' S FUR . R ES EARCHERS HAVE FOUN D THAT PROTEINS I N THE SALI VA ARE ALLERGEN . P ROTEINS FROM SALIVA REMAINS AS TH E ANIMAL LICK ITSELF . S KIN AN D URINE ARE THE SOURCE S OF PROT EINS TH AT C AUSE ALLERGIES . W HEN TH E PROT EIN - CARRYI NG SUBSTANCE DRIES UP , THE PROT EINS CAN SOA R IN TH E AIR .

C ATS TEN D T O HAVE MOR E ALLERGENS T HAN DOG S DO . L ICKING THEIR BODI ES MORE , P EOPL E HO LDING TH EM MORE
AS WELL AS PEOPL E SP ENDI NG MORE OF T HEIR TIME ATTEN DING TO CATS AR E JUST A FEW REA SONS . R O DENTS , LIKE GUINEA PIGS AN D G ERBILS ARE BECO MING MORE AND MORE POPULAR . P EOPLE CAN GET ALLERG IC REACTIONS FROM THE URINE OF SO ME RODEN TS LIKE GUIN EA PIGS A ND GERBILS .

C OCKROACH A LLERGY I NFO

C OCKROACHES
ARE COMMO N ALLERGY - CAUSING CULPRITS FOUND INSI DE THE HOME . S UCH P ESTS AR E FOUND IN V ERY CROWDED AND DIRTY PL ACES . I F Y OUR HOUSE IS DUST Y , EXP ECT TH ESE P ESTS A N D THEIR WASTES TO B E PRESENT I N YOUR HOME .

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ATTACKS ARE CO MMONLY EXP ERIENCED B Y P EOPLE WHO ARE SENSI TIVE TO COCKROACH ALLERGENS , ES PECIALLY IF THEIR HOMES ARE I NFEST ED WITH THESE P ES TS . P ESTS ARE WIDESPREAD EVEN IN THE CLEAN EST URBA N AREAS . T HEY ARE ALSO COMMONL Y FOUND IN OL DER RES IDENC ES . T HEY ARE FOUND I N ALL LOCATIONS . S AL IVA , FECES , AN D EVEN BODI ES OF COCKR OACHES HAVE ALLERGEN IC PROTEI NS . C OMING IN CON TACT WI T H THEM CAN AL READY T RIGG ER ALLERGIC REACTIONS .

M OLD A LLERGY F ACTS

T HERE
ARE THOUSANDS O F T YPES OF Y EASTS AN D MOLDS THAT BELONG TO THE F UNGUS FAMILY

B ECAUSE

YEASTS ARE SI NGLE - CELLED OR GANISMS , THEY HAVE TO DIVIDE I N OR DER TO FORM CLUSTERS . M OLDS ARE COMPOSED OF MANY C EL LS AND THEY GR OW AS BRANCHING THREADS CALLED HYPHA E . O NLY A SP ECI FIC NUMBE R OF MOLD TYPES ARE RECOG N IZED WIDELY TO CAUS E MOLD ALLERGIES , ALTHOUGH IT COULD B E POSS IBLE THAT BO TH CAN PROBABLY CAUSE A LLERGIC R EACTIO NS . S PORES ARE WHAT THE REPRO DUCTIV E PIEC ES OR SEEDS OF FUNGI ARE CALLED . S PORES DIFFER IN SHAP E , SIZE A ND COLOR AMONG TYPES OF MOLD .

M ILLIONS C ERTAIN

OF SPORES CA N B E PRODUC ED I N EVE RY MOLD GROWTH WITH TH E HELP OF EACH GERMINATING SPOR E . FOOD LIKE FUNGI PROCESSED C HEE SE CAN AGGRAVATE SOME PEOPL E S MOLD ALLERGY . S OMETIM ES , MUSHROOMS AND DRIED FRUITS CAN ALSO PROD UCE ALLERGY SYMPTOMS .

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AND ANIMAL SKI N FROM ANIMAL ' S CAN MAKE PEOPL E HAVE ALLERGY . D EV ELOPMEN T OF ANIMAL ALLERGIES MAY TAKE T WO OR MORE Y EA RS . I T ALSO TAKES MONTHS FOR THE SYMPTOMS TO SUBSIDE AFTER ANIMAL CO NTACT . A PART FROM SNEEZING AN D CO N GESTIO N , WATERY EY ES ARE ALSO PART OF THE SYMPTOMS . O NE CAN INCLU DE AVOID ANC E OF THE ANIMAL THAT CAUS ES THE S ENSITIVI TY A S A TREATMENT .

D ECO NGES TANTS ,

NASAL STEROIDS , AS WELL AS ANTIHISTAMINES CAN B E HELPFUL MEDIC ATION S . C HRONIC ALLERGY SYMPTOMS MAY USE IMMUNOTHERAPY . S IMILAR SYMPTOMS CAN BE BROUGHT ABOU T BY IN SECTS SUCH AS COCKROACHES . T HE TREA TMENT OPTIO NS ARE SIMILAR WITH OTHER ALLERGIES .

H OMES ,

INCLUDIN G THE BEDROO MS , SHOULD NOT HAVE

PESTS IN ORDER TO PR EV ENT COCKROACH ALLE RGY . A NOTHER PREVEN TION TE CHNIQU E IN ORDER TO PREVENT COCKROACH ALLERGY IS TO KEEP THE BIN S TIGHTL Y CLOSED AND TAKING THEM OUT ON REGULAR BASIS .

T HE AUTHOR WRITES EVA LUATIONS , CRITIQUES , &

EDUCATI ONAL ARTICLES ON THE SUBJECT OF ALLERGY . D O YOU WISH TO FIND O UT MORE REGARDING A LLERGY SYMPTOMS ? G ET ANSWERS STRAIGHT FROM THE AUTHOR WHO ACTUALLY ENCOUNTERED NUMEROUS HYPERSENSITIVITY SIN CE CHILDHOOD YEARS .