| g Exposure to Environmental Triggers for Sinusitis, | | | | individuals are highly allergic to the molted skin and |
| Allergies and Asthma is the most important step you | | | | waste products of these uninvited guests feeding |
| can take to personally manage your sinus-related | | | | off your dead skin cells and their own waste |
| condition. | | | | products. Replacing carpet with hardwood or tile |
| Pulsatile Sinus Irrigation: It is virtually impossible to | | | | floors, draperies with wood, metal or plastic blinds, |
| avoid all exposure to the multitude of substances in | | | | upholstered furniture with wood or leather furniture |
| your daily life that exacerbate your allergy, asthma | | | | and utilizing mattress and pillow case coverings, |
| and sinusitis. The first and most important step is | | | | creates a less favorable condition for these creatures |
| taking personal responsibility to manage your own | | | | to cohabitate with you. Pets may have to become |
| symptoms. Pulsatile Irrigation delivers a gentle | | | | outdoor pets. In addition, if you are planning a future |
| pulsating stream of a buffered saline solution that | | | | purchase of a washing machine, evaluate the new |
| helps not only to remove unwanted substances | | | | allergen cycles available on newer models. |
| triggering allergic reactions; it also gently restores the | | | | Outdoor Environmental Management: Enjoying |
| functioning of your cilia by cleaning out the thick | | | | outdoor recreational activities and maintenance |
| mucous biofilm that prevents your cilia from fighting | | | | responsibilities around the yard can be an aggravating |
| infection. If your physician has already prescribed a | | | | experience for many allergy sufferers and dangerous |
| nasal steroid or you are using an Over-The-Counter | | | | for those managing allergic asthma. The reproduction |
| mast cell stabilizer such as NasalCrom; more medicine | | | | cycle of trees, grasses and weeds produce pollens |
| will come into contact with nasal mucosa by irrigating | | | | disbursed locally and often widely distributed into your |
| first. Respiraid provides information to learn more | | | | locality by the jet stream. Rainy seasons often |
| about this amazing device that takes less than a | | | | support the growth of mold and fungus. Grass |
| minute to help you experience immediate natural | | | | cutting and shrub trimming release allergens into the |
| relief and manage your aggravating, sometimes | | | | air. An allergy filtration mask may help reduce your |
| painful symptoms by helping to reduce or prevent | | | | exposure and help prevent attacks. For many, these |
| future attacks. | | | | masks are unattractive, hot and cumbersome to |
| Indoor Environmental Management: Although you are | | | | wear. I learned about a company distributing a nasal |
| unable to control the transitional elements of spring, | | | | filter that I personally tested when cutting my lawn. |
| summer, fall and winter; you have the ability to | | | | This particular brand of nasal filters is very effective |
| manage your exposure to allergenic substances inside | | | | and let you breathe without obstruction. The filters |
| your household. Allergenic Air Filters that screen out | | | | fit into your nose similar to putting an ear noise |
| microscopic particles (stirred up by normal walking | | | | reduction filter into your ear. You can learn about this |
| patterns inside your household) may be professionally | | | | less obtrusive disposable nasal filter. Also do not |
| installed by a trained HVAC Technician as an additional | | | | forget to irrigate your nose after being outdoors |
| component to your heating and cooling system. For | | | | when pollen is widespread! |
| many, a more practical approach is to purchase | | | | Seek Qualified Expertise: If you are unable to manage |
| disposable air filters designed to filter out pollens, | | | | your symptoms after receiving treatment from a |
| animal dander, insect waste, mold and fungus | | | | Primary Care Physician; seek out a Board Certified |
| allergens. Your local home improvement store often | | | | Allergist or Ear Nose and Throat physician to help |
| carries a variety of disposable air filters that target | | | | you. Most Allergists and ENT physicians will help you |
| the removal of allergenic particles. Keeping windows | | | | evaluate your need for surgical options. Moreover, |
| closed during peak allergy seasons and vacuuming | | | | you may discern you are a candidate for |
| your household regularly will help reduce your | | | | immunotherapy injections; a process that often |
| exposure to many of the triggers that aggravate | | | | requires a two- to four-year commitment to help |
| your sinuses. However, there is one uninvited visitor | | | | your body become desensitized to many of the |
| that thrives in parts of the country where the indoor | | | | substances you body is allergic too. |
| relative humidity is often greater than 50%. Dust | | | | All patients are encouraged to direct their specific |
| mites are microscopic, crab-like creatures that invisibly | | | | questions to their personal physicians. The information |
| dwell in your carpet, upholstered furniture, drapery, | | | | is written to help patients better understand and |
| pillows, mattresses and bedding by the billions. Many | | | | participate in their own medical care. |