What a tricky disease allergy is! It strikes when you less expect, covering you in itches, hives and rashes, making your eyes and nose run like crazy, taking you on the ridges of desperation and misery.

Nevertheless, life with allergy is still possible, if you respect a few rules:

• If you are allergic to pollens, don’t get out of the house after noon during the spring days. The dusk is the most dangerous time of the day, as pollen is in the air in bigger quantities than in the morning.
• If you are allergic to dust, try to have somebody else do the household cleaning for you. In case this is not possible, do it, but make sure you wear a mask and gloves, and wash your hands and your face thoroughly after you’re done.
• If you are allergic to insect bites, don’t expose yourself: use mosquitoes repellent on your exposed skin and beware of bees and wasps.
• As a rule of the thumb, avoid exposure to all substances you are diagnosed to be allergic to. Exposing yourself to the allergen would only worsen your disease and aggravate your allergy symptoms.
• Use OTC medication, anti-histamines, but make sure you discuss this previously with your doctor. The allergy and immunology specialist would be the most suitable person to tell you what you can take and what you should stay away from. Beware of friends and neighbors giving you advice on natural cure therapy solutions. While some herbs may bring you benefits, some others may do even worse, so make sure you ask your physician what you should do.
• Don’t ever eat foods that trigger an allergic response from your body. You may like strawberries and apples very much, but the price you’re gonna pay for eating them would be too high for the reward.

Just be careful and listen to your physician and you’ll be fine.