Spring Allergies & How to Handle Them
When you’re hiking along Wissahickon Valley Park enjoying the beautiful wildflowers in bloom, there’s nothing more frustrating than feeling itchy, watery eyes, scratchy throat and sneezing coming on. To help you manage your springtime allergies, we’ve compiled a guide to help you understand the causes and how to find relief. What Causes Allergies? Your immune…
Most Common PA Allergies
After a long, cold, dead winter, there’s nothing more beautiful than the sight of flowers and trees blooming along Interstate 95 to signify the onset of spring. But with these beautiful sights comes an unpleasant side effect: spring allergies. Below we provide an overview of common culprits of seasonal allergy symptoms, what other allergens you…
What You Need to Know About Pollen
Spring is the best time to enjoy the flowers at the Longwood Gardens. But if stopping to smell the roses makes you itchy and sneezy, you probably have seasonal allergies, meaning your body is reacting negatively to pollen. Below we review everything you need to know about pollen allergies. What Is Pollen? Pollen is a…
How to Prevent Spring Allergies Before They Start
Spring is a beautiful time full of new flowers at Bartram’s Garden and evening thunderstorms. But for many, it is also a season of runny noses, sneezes and itchy eyes. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be. We provide tips for preventing spring allergy symptoms below. What Causes Allergy Symptoms? Your immune system works to protect…
New Study Points to Our Body’s Internal Food Quality Control System as Food Allergy Culprit
Allergies of all kinds over the years have followed a consistent pattern—rising right along with our nation’s population. Food allergies are no exception. Roughly 32 million Americans experience some type of food allergy,[1] which is about 1 in 13 children.[2] Though many factors can be considered as to why this is happening, a team of…
Can Face Masks Help with Allergies?
With spring comes beautiful flowers, trips to Fairmount Park with family, thunderstorms that light up the sky and, unfortunately, seasonal allergies. The good news is, there are simple ways to reduce symptoms, and you’re already doing one of them: wearing a face mask. One study shows that wearing face masks can protect you from exposure…
Is It Allergies or COVID?
In years past, a case of the sniffles at the beginning of spring would be a sure sign that allergy season started. But now that we’re living in the age of COVID-19, we know that it could be something worse. It’s important to take your symptoms seriously in order to keep others safe. We’ve compiled…
Concerned About Your Allergy History and the COVID-19 Vaccine?
Two COVID-19 vaccines have been approved and are currently circulating for emergency use in the United States, via Pfizer and Moderna. While both have documented severe allergy reactions, the statistics are still rare and low regarding adverse reactions Still, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued new guidelines for people with histories…
How Can Allergies Affect Your Ears?
Many of us are all too familiar with the discomfort of an allergic reaction. Between itchy eyes, congestion, runny nose, sinus pressure, sneezing and a scratchy throat, the face becomes quite the hot spot for your symptoms. What many don’t know is allergies can also affect your ears. What Causes an Allergic Reaction? Your immune…
Loss of Smell and Taste Linked to COVID-19
By now, we’re all familiar with the main symptoms of COVID-19: fever, body aches, dry cough, breathing difficulty. But for some people, additional symptoms include a loss of smell and taste; these can occur even in the absence of any other symptoms. Anosmia and ageusia (the medical terms for loss of smell and taste) are…