Allergy in summer
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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An allergy in the summer can spoil the mood of any person who reacts sharply to the fragrance of flowering shrubs and flower beds, green nature, growing mushrooms, dusty roads, excessively dry or, on the contrary, too humid air. Summer is a busy time for asthmatics and allergy sufferers. Someone with the onset of a hot period is reserved by means against sunburn, and someone hurries to the pharmacy for antihistamine drugs.
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Allergy in the summer: how to get rid of it?
Attacks of allergy in the summer can be reduced - for this there are several ways, which are described below. Also it is necessary to adhere to the recommendations of the attending physician-allergist.
So, first of all, with the onset of the summer period, you need to buy an air purifier. This useful unit is able to absorb air saturated with allergens (particles of skin and animal hair, pollen, domestic dust, etc.), carry out multi-stage purification of this air, and then release it back into the room. There are air purifiers that can not only remove harmful particles from it, but also moisten the air.
In case of allergy in the summer, doctors recommend not to go out in the early morning hours, since it is during this period that the concentration of pollen in the air is at the maximum level. Walking in the fresh air to allergy sufferers is best done in the evening hours, as well as after a rain that, as it were, nails pollen, not allowing it to be carried for long distances.
After each walk, it is recommended to take a bath or shower, in order to wash off possible particles of dust or pollen. In the apartment it does not hurt to do wet cleaning every day.
Summer allergies can cause a lot of inconvenience to people who own summer cottages. Working in the garden or vegetable garden for such allergies becomes a living hell. When going to a dacha or just outside the city, it is necessary to take antiallergic drugs with you, put on sunglasses that protect the mucous membrane of the eyes, put hair under the kerchief, put a bandage on your nose and mouth, put on light-colored clothes. Also, one should not spend much time at a dacha or in the forest, it is advisable to bypass other people's gardens with a party, since plants can grow behind the fence, the pollen of which is an allergen. It is worth to be afraid of insects, the bites of which can provoke the appearance of an allergic reaction.
During an allergy in the summer, it is recommended to breathe fresh air at night. You can make walks, or you can just open the window at night, which should be closed in the daytime.
Allergy sufferers should not overheat in the sun, as this factor, like many others listed here, may well cause allergy to sunlight. In this regard, such people do not want to visit the beaches or just go out into the heat.
Before you go on vacation, you need to learn as much as possible about the climate of the chosen country, the plants and fruits growing there, the humidity of the air, whether the sea is nearby, because an allergy in summer can ruin even the most long-awaited vacation. When going to a resort, you need to inform the allergist doctor that he has prescribed antihistamines and, possibly, provided some useful recommendations.
Allergic people when driving in the car should raise the glass. It is better to dry linen not in the street, but at home. A dog or cat, who came from a street walk, it is desirable to wash.
Here, perhaps, the main recommendations for those people who suffer from such a disease as an allergy in the summer. Observance of them will help to transfer this sunny, fragrant period more easily.
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