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Common Causes of Skin Allergies

You're most likely to be at risk for a reaction if you're a hair stylist, retail clerk, caterer, house cleaner, or you work with metal. Your allerg...

Singulair

Montelukast (Singulair) is a drug that relieves allergy symptoms and is also used to prevent asthma attacks. For people with allergies and asthma, ...

Neti Pot Beats Steam for Sinus Congestion Relief

Participants in the nasal irrigation group were given a neti pot, a vessel designed to rinse mucus and debris from the nasal cavities. The study au...

Nasal Saline Irrigation and Neti Pots

A more biological explanation for how the Neti pot works has to do with tiny, hair-like structures called cilia that line the inside of the nasal a...

Do I Have a Mold Allergy?

Lower your risk of a reaction to food-borne mold by carefully choosing what you eat. Don’t smell foods to see if they're spoiled, because inhaling ...

Food Allergies: Suspect, Test, Avoid

Testing is the most controversial aspect of food allergy treatment. The problem is that tests for food allergy are very sensitive. This means that ...

How Pets and Allergies Can Go Hand in Paw

Can allergic people and pets live side by side? 'That's why it's important to know what causes pet allergies. Georgeson, MD, a board- certified all...

Dust Allergy

A dust allergy (or dust mite allergy) is an allergic reaction to tiny bugs that live in the dust in your house. Dust mites like to eat dead skin fr...

Will a Dehumidifier Help My Allergies?

Mold, mildew, and dust mites don’t have to make you miserable. It depends on their size and capacity, and whether they're portable or built into yo...

Do I Have Chronic Allergies?

Will your allergy symptoms get better or even go away? If your allergy symptoms seem worse, there could be another reason. So if one year your ragw...

Blood Testing for Allergies

Allergy blood tests usually screen for at least 10 of the most common allergy triggers, including dust, pet dander, trees, grasses, weeds, and mold...

Allergy Relief: Antihistamines Vs. Decongestants

Decongestants also come in nasal sprays, including oxymetazoline and phenylephrine. But if you use nasal sprays too often, they can make your sympt...