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(leslie) writes:


: I'm apparently violently allergic to this tree pollen. My eyes swelled
: shut, and stayed that way for a couple of days. Allegra, my usual
: FAA-approved medicine (which I use for late-summer hay fever), didn't help.
:
: Can anyone recommend any other FAA-approved allergy medicines?
:

Sleeping in a room without allergens helps:



You can, to a large extent, "allergy proof" yourself for the duration of the
pollen season by following a daily regimen starting at the very first reports
of pollen in the Spring.

Twice each day, follow this procedu

1. Wash out yor nose with a saline nasal spray. Let it soak a while and then
blow your nose.

2. Put 2 squirts of NasalCrom sray into each nostril and resist the urge to
sneeze till it soaks in.

Do it every day at the same two times, it does nothing to help symptons when
you have them, it is a preventive measure.

The NasalCrom is a Mast Cell inhibitor, those are the cells that mediate the
allergic reaction. You would not want to suppress them year round, as they play
a part in the immune system, but for the couple of months that they are the
problem rather than a part of the solution, it can make a big difference in how
you will function and how much other medication you will need.


--
Wm. Donald (Don) Tabor Jr., DDS
PP-ASEL
Chesapeake, VA - CPK, PVG