Helpful Facts and Tips for Parents with Children Suffering from Ragweed Allergy

Tran­si­tion between sea­sons can shake your kids? health a bit and make them more prone to sea­sonal aller­gies. These aller­gic reac­tions vary from rag­weed allergy, mites, dust, mold, and some foods. It is often very hard to keep track of aller­gies symp­toms with chil­dren who may catch it in school or while they are play­ing out­side. Stud­ies have shown that aller­gic reac­tions may be hered­i­tary. In case both par­ents have aller­gies, there is a about an 80% chance that their chil­dren will develop aller­gies too. Most chil­dren show symp­toms of sea­sonal aller­gies once they reach 5 years olds. Asthma is often an indi­ca­tor of aller­gies and often start to show when they are between 1 to 3 years old. Symp­toms of Sea­sonal Allergy Par­ents can look for three kinds of symp­toms when they sus­pect that their kids are suf­fer­ing from sea­sonal allergy: * Nasal ? They will have stuffy or runny nose, sneeze a lot, and have itchy nose and throat. Just like aller­gic rhini­tis. * Eye Symp­toms ? There is often red­ness, itch­i­ness, and watery eyes which can make your kids really uncom­fort­able. * Asthma ? Watch if your kids will have dif­fi­culty breath­ing or when you hear some wheez­ing or cough­ing. Tree pol­lens, grasses, and rag­weed often cause these aller­gic reac­tions. Tree pol­lens are very abun­dant in the air between April and June. Grasses like Rye, Tim­o­thy, and Orchard trig­ger reac­tions when they are mowed. Rag­weed grows almost every­where and bil­lions of pol­lens can travel in the air start­ing mid-August. Pro­tect your chil­dren from sea­sonal aller­gies Par­ents should always keep track of the level of pollen in your city or region. These indices can be found on the inter­net and are seen on TV reports. It will be best to keep your doors and win­dows shut dur­ing the pollen sea­son to pre­vent these aller­gens from enter­ing your home. You can also set up a play pen inside your home instead of kids spend­ing time out­doors where they can be exposed to rag­weed and other aller­gens. The sun can also aggra­vate their pho­to­sen­si­tiv­ity when they have rag­weed allergy. Remem­ber to keep all sur­faces clean of dust. You can get an air fil­ter to make sure that your kids breathe clean air. In case they still catch sea­sonal aller­gies, you can try the fol­low­ing to relieve them of the symp­toms: * A warm bath always helps. You can also apply warm com­press to decon­gest their nose and sinuses. * Encour­age them to drink a lot of water through­out the day. A cup of tea with honey can also soothe their itchy throat. * Tell your kids not to scratch their eyes since this will just worsen the con­di­tion. Try to apply cold com­press to decrease inflam­ma­tion or wipe them with wet cot­ton pads. * A dab of petro­leum jelly can help with their red or swollen nose * Add some gin­ger, gar­lic, or pep­per when you serve a bowl of soup. These are nat­ural decon­ges­tants to clear their air­ways. * You can dis­solve 2 tea­spoons of salt in a glass of water which your kids can use to gar­gle with to relieve their sore throats. Aller­gies can be fatal when you do not do some­thing about it. Seek the guid­ance of your pedi­a­tri­cian if your chil­dren will need some med­ica­tions for their allergies.