supgirl asked:


I live in university housing and my allergies are killing me. Web MD suggests vacuuming &steam cleaning &washing linens often &replacing your mattress, etc but being in University controlled housing I don’t have access to laundry or steam cleaners the way homeowners do. Meds don’t work for me for some reason.

Are there any remedies for me?

Sara

mookie asked:


I just had sinus surgery but I still continue to get recurring sinus infections

I rarely get any allergy symptoms. I don’t get ichy eyes, running nose, or sneezing.
I dont know if the doctor just didn’t do the operation right or what.
Cause I doubt I have allergies.

Sara

twofromheaven asked:


My son and I both have seasonal allergies but instead of being runny, like the antihistamine bottle says, they are stuffy. But we have all the other symptoms like itchy eyes and sneezing. Can someone help me?

Mackenzie

eateverywhale asked:


I’ve got a new acquantiance that will probably be asking me out to a vegetarian restaurant because he’s a vegetarian. I want to know what allergies I need to fake in order to avoid it. I figure that if I say I’m allergic to eggs, soy, and all legumes that should nuke the possibility of having to go to one. Does that combination of allergies sound plausible and is it enough to rule out every dish at a typical vegetarian restaurant?

Andrea

dmc81076 asked:


I know this question sounds stupid but when I tell people I have a cold I always hear “It could be allergies.” I know the cold is the rhinovirus and an allergy is not a virus. My question is, are there different symptoms for a cold vs. allergies? I really don’t think I am allergic to anything but I am curious about how people come to that conclusion.
They seem to have the same symptoms, so how do you know what it really is?

Aaliyah

Windi Lea asked:


I have seasonal allergies, take Claritin and Sudafed PE for it. My doc told me the reason my eyelashes are falling out is allergies. He recommended using allergy eye drops. It helps a little bit but not enough. It’s worse on my left eye than right, more in the middle than the edges. What happens is, my eyelids right along the edge where the lashes grow get so itchy. It feels like there is something in my lashes like a loose eyebrow hair, so I try to get it, and end up pulling out several eyelashes. The eyelashes in that area just are not anchored as firmly in their follicles as other hairs or eyelashes that stay in. Seriously, when I tried pulling out some hairs off my arm, I had to pull kinda hard, and it hurt but they didn’t come out - it does not hurt, there is no resistence with my lashes on that eye.

Anyone have any idea what might be causing this? (It doesn’t seem to fit what I have read about allopecia.)

Isabelle

Pondering asked:


My new contacts are irritating and itchy due to allergies. I take Allegra and use Alaway drops, but they still itch. Anyone have any tips or tricks?

Claire