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Looking for Allergy Answers...
Topic Author: Martha Spencer
Posted: 2:53 PM Jun 17, 2009
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So the past week or so I've noticed I have been waking up with a stuffy nose. I am under the impression it is allergy related, because I do not have an accompanying fever. I was also thinking it  might be from going from a 68 degree studio to a 98 degree outdoors multiple times a day. I don't know what that diagnosis would be, but it seems feasible to me!

I've lived here for about two years, along with my cat who has also had allergy problems. It sounds funny that a cat (pet dander being a leading cause of human allergies) would have airborne allergies like a person, but the vet told me it can take up to two years for an animal to develop allergies to a new place.  Believe it or not I have to give her Benydril, powder from a caplet sprinked in some tuna water (the last time she tried it she foamed at the mouth over the horrible taste, and hid under the couch).

Does anyone know what the major allergy culprits are this time of year? It can't be peanut dust just yet, but maybe it's grasses? Or pine? Does anyone have any home remedies they would like to share? I have been taking Zyrtec, and it hasn't been helping much at all. I hate taking Benydril, it makes me very groggy, but I'm afraid I might have to go back to it since it's the only thing that seems to work on my sinuses. I know Im not the only one out there being plagued by this, so if anyone has some answers, fire away!

 

Thanks!
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  • by richard Location: enterprise on Jul 4, 2009 at 04:56 PM
    better living through singulair. see your doctor
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  • by Michal Location: Hussay on Jun 21, 2009 at 11:01 AM
    The Path to Health With the support of the president of Alive Publishing Group Inc., and the editor-in-chief of alive Magazine, Jacqueline (not her real name) agreed to be a case study subject for the pages of this magazine in a series of three monthly articles, 'so that others may be helped and inspired'. --------- rohit.sirohiya ------------- Sept 1--Sept 1
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  • by Hoosier Daddy Location: Bloomfield on Jun 21, 2009 at 07:30 AM
    I take a benedryl morning & night, 365. 5 pets, loads of pines, and pipe smoker. I'm one of the exception, benedryl doesn't make me sleepy at all, but keeps the sinus in check. Whats the humidity level in the AC areas> Remember, your sinuses act like a condensor in those chilled-air spots. Have you been checked for cat dander allergies. Me neither, and I don't care, my cats are too much fun, at least my dogs say so.
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