As summer winds down each year fall allergies, often referred to as hay fever, rev up. Weed pollen, the biggest trigger, goes airborne mid August and continues until the end of October or until the first frost. That's a long time to be miserable. But if you prepare well you can live well throughout the season, and emerge on the other side in good health. Here are 5 steps to take towards that end.
Weed the Weeds-Ragweed pollen is the trigger that seems to aggravates the largest number of people. Know what it looks like and hire someone or have a friend keep your yard and areas around your yard trimmed so that it never has a chance to pollinate. It is estimated that each plant sends out over a billion grains of pollen in a season. And even though chopping down the plants in your area won't eliminate all of it, there will be a billion less grains in the air for every plant you eliminate.
Be a Know-It-All-Stay abreast of your local weather and daily pollen count. With all the technology, this is so easy to do. Weather websites, newspapers, TV and radio are easily accessible and accurate sources of current conditions. Dry windy days and days when the count is expected to be high are good days to choose indoor activities.
Bar the Door-Even though fall days can be crisp and beautiful with comfortable temperatures and low humidity, resist the temptation to let outside air into your home, car or office. Keep windows and doors closed and use air conditioning or heating to regulate the temperature. Wait for a beautiful day after several frosts to let in air from the outside if you must.
Don't Be a Martyr-If your symptoms have been disruptive in the past, unless you do something different history will probably repeat itself. You can try over-the-counter medication, but if that doesn't help consult an allergist before your symptoms get really bad. You'll find out pretty quickly what works for you, and you may find that you are able to sail through the season without constant symptoms.
Clear the Air-You can and must control the quality of air that you breathe indoors. Regardless of how many precautions you take, pollen will get into your home or office. By attaching to hair, clothes, packages, and pets it gets a free ride in which means it is constantly available for you to inhale-bad news.
You can take control and greatly reduce the amount of indoor pollen by using a high efficiency particle arresting (abbreviated as HEPA) air purifier. This type of filtration is specifically designed to remove airborne particulates down to .3 microns in size. And it will remove all kinds of particles including dust, dust mites, mold spores, and pet dander-all of which tend to work in concert as secondary triggers for allergies.
Continually filtering the air to such a fine degree can make your home or office a haven from the allergens that can drag you down. And there's no down side to that is there?
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