( Bill Leitzinger )
With Winter Comes Dry Skin and Eczema – What to Do (or Don’t)
By Staff | Dec 6, 2007 | No Comments »
Our days are finally getting colder which brings relief to many allergy sufferers. With the first few frosts, much of the mold and pollen is killed off, bringing clear breathing and no more itchy eyes and throats to many people. Ahhh, we can finally breathe. On the other hand, with the colder, drier air and the need to heat the indoors, comes dry skin. Where dry skin is, eczema often follows.
Eczema can actually be prevented fairly easy, but requires maintenance, and once it starts, a cycle begins of itching and scratching and then the condition worsens. Continue reading…
You Just Never Know for Sure with Allergies
By Staff | Dec 4, 2007 | No Comments »
“We see allergic tendencies much more common in children than adults, and nobody really knows exactly why that is. The reality is, we can’t quite understand the aging process of the immune system, but it seems to change.” (Mark Millard)
This quote appeared the other day on Beyond Allergy as the “quote of the day”, and I just really love it for a couple of reasons. Continue reading…
Christmas Tree Allergies
By Staff | Dec 3, 2007 | No Comments »
I have never heard so many people as I have this year mention Christmas tree allergies. I know at least 4 people in the past week have told me that they are allergic to Christmas trees. They love the look, the smell, the whole package of a Christmas tree, except for the sneezing, the itchy eyes and the coughing that comes with it.
I wondered if it is certain pines that cause the allergies or is the whole pine family. Apparently some pines are more allergenic than others and often times it is not the tree at all, but the mold on the tree. Continue reading…
News Round Up: New Environment - New Allergies, Correlation of Family History and Asthma…
By Staff | Dec 1, 2007 | No Comments »
Changes in Your Environment Calls for Allergy Treatment
Many students at the University of Florida are finding that going to college brings on allergies that they never had before. Moving from South Florida to North Florida introduces a whole new spectrum of allergens in the environment. These students are having to deal with this through shots and medications. This contributes to our topics of developing and learning how to handle new allergies when you change cities. Continue reading…
Give In a Different Way this Holiday: Charitable Donation to Allergies and Asthma Organizations
By Staff | Nov 30, 2007 | No Comments »
This year while you are getting your holiday list together and trying to find just the right gift, think about a charitable donation. Perhaps you might want to do so as a supplement to your family’s gifts or you may want to donate in someone’s name instead of giving a more traditional gift. There are plenty of worthwhile organizations in the area of allergies and asthma which provide research, awareness and advocacy. Continue reading…
Food Gift Ideas
By Staff | Nov 29, 2007 | No Comments »
I remember a few years ago I gave a good friend some spiced pecans for Christmas. There were no allergies in her house, but her husband just hated nuts. Since then, and of course, since my daughter’s allergies, I have been much more careful in the gift giving of food. It is the holidays, however, and we all love to eat! It’s time to eat some things that year round we may not indulge in, but it’s also a time to be extra vigilant about our allergies or one’s our friends may have. Continue reading…
How Allergic is Your City?
By Staff | Nov 28, 2007 | No Comments »
A hundred years ago or so, doctors used to send people with health issues to the shore to heal them. Perhaps they sent those with allergies and the fresh sea air helped clear them while they were away from whatever made them feel bad. Maybe they sent those with asthma to breath in the clean air from the coast to feel open and refreshed. Would doctors today send someone to your hometown? Or would they send them away from it? Recently the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America released the data on their annual study on the top allergy and asthma capitals in the country. Let’s see what they found out… Continue reading…
Being Allergic, Still Having a Pet?
By Staff | Nov 27, 2007 | No Comments »
As my children played with our golden retriever today, they glowingly told me how happy they are that we have a dog and that they were sad for families that didn’t have pets because animals are so much fun. We talked about some of their friends who are allergic to dogs or cats and that they really can’t have a pet because having one in the house would make them feel sick. My girls wondered if there was any way around that. Since I wasn’t really sure, I decided to research it a little and here is what I found.
I came across a website, www.theanimalspirit.com, which is loaded with information about living with allergies and a dog or cat, too. Continue reading…
News Round Up: Allergy-free Foods are a Booming Business, Most Uncomfortable Places to Live for Allergy Sufferers…
By Staff | Nov 25, 2007 | No Comments »
Skyrocketing C-section rates to stress OB practices
Lately researches have been looking at the high number of C-Sections in regard to the increase of food allergies. There are beneficial intestinal microbes found in the vaginal tract that c-section babies don’t get. Is this a connection to the increase of food allergies? Continue reading…
Acupuncture for Allergies: How it Works
By Staff | Nov 23, 2007 | No Comments »
You may question why acupuncture as opposed to allergy shots for allergies. After all, aren’t they both needles? Yes and no, is your answer. Though acupuncture uses a form of needles, they are not painful and they aren’t injecting anything. For those of us raised with Western medicine, the idea of acupuncture or any other alternative method may seem hard to understand or even accept, but if we look at how and why it works, it seems to make perfect sense. Continue reading…
