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Kathleen MacNaughton

posted 08/10/2009, comments (0)

5-Step Back to School Checklist for Parents of Kids with Allergies

August may still be high summer, but it's also when parents and kids start to think about heading back to school. For kids with allergies, going back to school can mean a return to dealing with allergy issues each day without your direct supervision. The American Lung Association offers a handy checklist for parents in preparing for their child's... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/08/2009, comments (2)

itchy swollen eyelids, ear lobes itchy, itchy neck outbreaks, itchy hand and forearm area

About 9 months ago, I broke out with what I thought was an allergy to flavored coffee creamers. The neck area was red rashy and the face itched tremendously. My eyelids were swollen, feverish and very itchy. After a couple days, it subsided. I eventually went to have allergy testing done and took Zyrtec which didnt help much. I went to the... Read more Chevron

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Kathleen MacNaughton

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posted 08/03/2009, comments (0)

Fall Allergies Are Coming -- Are You Ready for Ragweed?

Ah August... a big vacation month, the end of summer, fun times in the sun and fresh air. Unfortunately, August is also the month where in many parts of the world, a nasty little plant called ragweed begins to bloom and produce hundreds of billions of pollen particles that make life miserable for those of us with allergies. According to... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/03/2009, comments (4)

Clearing Out Nasal Allergies with Saline Irrigations

Pharmaceutical research is producing new solultions for treating allergies every year. There are pills you can take, sprays you can use and shots you can endure, all geared to reducing the hold nasal allergies have over our lives. And those are all great solutions... At the same time, they are invasive. They are foreign substances that we... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/29/2009, comments (0)

Severe Wool Allergy

I had never had a reaction to wool (my brother had a hat and blanket made of wool) until I went into the Navy. The first day when we were given our bed linens, including a wool blanket, and the 80 of us recruits started to make our beds, I just about stopped breathing and had to be rushed to the medics (at that point we were not sure what... Read more Chevron

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