As young as 2, children are diagnosed with allergies
Allergies can present late in life that could be due to hormonal changes, moving to a new location, getting a pet and developing a sensitive immune system
5. Keep your home clean
Change your AC filters
Wash your bedding on hot/warm
Shower and change clothes after having been outside
6. When you take your medications matters
If you start your antihistamines after you feel symptoms, it’s probably too late
Start your OTC/prescriptions two weeks prior to Spring season
We offer the only FDA approved oral immunotherapy for grass
7. Pollen isn’t the only culprit
Grass and mold, along with pollen, are often the trifecta of allergy issues for spring
Especially in the Lowcountry – we have much higher mold counts then in other areas
8. Learn to track the pollen
Allergies have a forecast much like the weather
Find out what your local pollen counts are as levels matter
Look for our daily pollen counts as we are a certified pollen counting station
9. Local honey won’t keep allergies away
Bees may eat pollen but it’s usually off of blooming flowers that are not the same pesky pollinators that cause your symptoms
There is so little pollen found in honey that it is nowhere close to what a board certified allergist provides to immunotherapy patients
10. Allergies are genetic
If one parent is allergic, you are 40% likely to pass it on to your child. If both parents are allergic, you are 60-70% more likely to pass allergies on to your child.
