{"id":5161,"date":"2007-03-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.dev\/?p=5161"},"modified":"2007-03-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-12T00:00:00","slug":"allergy-season-here-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/allergy-season-here-again\/","title":{"rendered":"achoo! ALLERGY Season Is Here Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target='_blank' href=http:\/\/www.suburbanchicagonews.com\/couriernews\/lifestyles\/291639,3_5_EL12_ALLERGIES_S1.article><i>The Courier News<\/i><\/a> announces that allergy season is here once again. And one allergist, Dr. Greg Sharon, is preparing for a busy season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There has been a major paradigm shift, a huge genetic change,&#8217; says Sharon. &#8216;We are pretty much the same people as 100 years ago but our prevalence for allergies have skyrocketed.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In the 1950s, six percent of the population was diagnosed with asthma and 16 to 20 percent had allergies. Now, according to a survey by Dr. Sharon&#39;s Asthma and Allergy Center, 50 percent of grade school students have allergies and 16 percent are asthmatic.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Sharon says that mold and pollen counts are increasing, and dust mites and animal dander will be a major concernt, too.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;One of the best things in our business is cats,&#8217; Dr. Sharon jokes. &#8216;I recommend every household get a cat.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The article also lists the following springtime allergy tips, courtesy of <a href='http:\/\/www.achooallergy.com'>achooallergy.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When you have to work outdoors (especially if you&#39;re raking or mowing the lawn), wear a <a href='http:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/masks.asp'>dust &#038; pollen mask<\/a> to avoid inhaling dust, pollen and mold.<\/li>\n<li>Limit outdoor activity when pollen counts or mold counts are high.<\/li>\n<li>When you go outdoors during your particular season of sensitivity, shower and change your clothes afterward because pollen grains and mold spores stick to clothing, skin and hair.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#39;t hang clothes outside to dry because allergens will stick to them.<\/li>\n<li>Use an <a href='http:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/cleaningsupplies.asp#Dust_Mite_Allergy_Relief_Products_for_Clothing'>allergen wash<\/a> to remove allergens from your laundry in any water temperature.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid early morning outdoor activity (because that&#39;s when pollen is emitted).<\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/petcare.asp'>Pets<\/a> can also carry pollen and mold. Bathing them every two weeks will eliminate these allergens and reduce dander which can aggravate seasonal allergies (and is itself an allergen).<\/li>\n<li>Keep windows closed or use <a href='http:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/safeguardwindowfilter.asp'>window filters<\/a> to keep allergens from floating inside.<\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/airpurifiers.asp'>Air purifiers<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/furnacefilters.asp'>furnace &#038; vent filters<\/a>, and <a href='http:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/vacuumcleaners.asp'>HEPA vacuum cleaners<\/a> will keep your indoor air free of allergens.<\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/bedding.asp'>Allergy relief bedding<\/a> protects you from mold, dust, dander and other allergens while you sleep.<\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/sinusirrigation.asp'>Nasal irrigators &#038; saline mists<\/a> help restore moisture and wash allergens out of irritated nasal and sinus passages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Courier News announces that allergy season is here once again. And one allergist, Dr. Greg Sharon, is preparing for a busy season. &#8216;There has been a major paradigm shift, a huge genetic change,&#8217; says Sharon. &#8216;We are pretty much&hellip; <\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-categories\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[188],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5161"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}