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Hay fever: what can you do yourself?
Haynuts are plagued by millions of people. Apart from treatment with antihistamines, there are also all kinds of ways to make everyday life easier.
Escaping the invisible pollen is dancing like in the rain without getting wet: a real challenge. Since the pollen floats through the air like an uninvited guest and can even fly for miles, you have little choice as a hay fever -plagued person than to prepare you with clever tactics and to fight the allergy damage.
Sometimes an allergy feels like a cold. Not surprising, after all they are similarpartly very. With both a cold and an allergy, the immune system reacts to foreign bodies. In a cold, viruses fight, while an allergy reacts to harmless fabrics such as pollen, house dust mites or animal hair, which are incorrectly perceived as a threat.
An important distinguishing feature between hay fever and a cold is the regularity with which the allergic runny nose occurs every year at the same time. A cold, on the other hand, does not adhere to a fixed schedule. A look at thePollen flight forecastcan therefore be helpful.
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Proven strategies for your everyday life
Apart from medical therapy, there are numerous methods and aids for hay fever that make everyday life easier for you as a pollen allergy sufferer:
- Correct ventilation is a crucial point. Open the windows only at certain times. It is best to do this in the city early in the morning, rather late in the country. Then the pollen load is lower.
- The pollen collection in your home reduces daily vacuuming and wiping.
- Showering in the evening is the best way for allergy sufferers to have a break break during sleep. The tiny pollen, which have lined up on skin and hair during the day.
- Do not take off the clothes worn in the bedroom and do not keep it there either. This is how you minimize the strain by pollen while sleeping.
- For drivers there are special pollen filters for ventilation. This significantly reduces the pollen load in the vehicle.
- Wearing masks: Everyday masks have become quite normal since pandemic. Even before the mask obligation, many allergy sufferers were able to protect themselves from the protective fabric from the mouth and nose from excessive absorption of the lovely allergens.
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Therefore, HEPA filters make sense
If you suffer strongly from allergies such as hay fever or house dust allergy, you should vacuum daily. TheConsumer centeradvises you to choose vacuum cleaners with exhaust air filter. Miele offersSuch models, order now from Amazon*.
These filters, known asHEPA-Filter(high efficiency particulate air filter) oderUlpa filter(Ultra low penetration air) and can remove the smallest particles, bacteria, mite droppings and spores from the air and thus facilitate the life of allergy sufferers.
Daily vacuuming and wiping is complex, but if you want to make your work easier, you can use modern vacuum cleaner robots with wiping function.
These robots are often equipped with practical HEPA filters and support the daily cleaning work. One example is the vacuum cleaner robot from Yeedi (Buy at Amazon*), which moves independently to a cleaning station, empties there and charges the battery.
In addition to vacuum cleaners, there are also air cleaners that filter the room air. Coronapandemia has become better known because the modern filters are so efficient that they can even remove viruses from the air.
If all of this doesn't help, you can also use medication, nasal spray or eye drops. You should definitely consult a doctor, because there are different active ingredients that can help against allergies.
Further information on hay fever symptoms and the therapy options can be foundOnmeda.de.
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Important NOTE:This article only serves the information and does not replace a medical diagnosis. If uncertainties, urgent questions or acute complaints arise, you should contact your doctor or ask for advice in the pharmacy. Medical on -call duty can be reached via nationwide number 116117.
