Tips to prevent Spring Allergies
Spring is the season during which the natural world revives and reinvigorates after the colder winter months. Many trees are blooming and early flowers are pushing through the earth. Things are coming to life! However, spring is also the worst time of year for most allergy sufferers, which means sneezing, congestion, a runny nose and other bothersome symptoms. Although pollen, dust, UV, and other allergens are everywhere, you can minimize the misery. Here is your springtime allergy survival guide.
Managing Spring Allergies Outdoors
Stay at home when pollen counts are at their highest(usually 5 to 10 am in the morning).
Avoid going outdoors when it’s windy
Wear a mask when you are out.
Keep your car windows up when you’re driving
Eliminating Allergens Indoors
Change your clothes and take a shower when you come back home from outdoors.
Frequently clean your home and keep it dry to reduce the presence of pollen, dust, pet furs, molds, and some other allergens.
Dry your laundry inside.
Seeking Dietary Solutions
Reduce consumption of histamine-rich foods, such as alcohol, processed meat, aged cheese
Eat more tropical fruits, fatty fishes, onions, and drink green tea each morning.
Eat vitamin-rich foods
Mechanisms of Probiotics on Allergic Diseases
Suppress the increase in nasal vascular permeability caused by local inflammation associated with allergic rhinitis
Prevent antigen-induced Th2 immune responses
Decrease the severity of allergic skin and lung responses with an increase of IFN-γ expression
Decrease allergen-specific IgE, IL-4 and IL-13
Rebalance Th1/Th2 immune response and modulate IL-17 pro-inflammatory immune response
Preserve skin integrity and homeostasis