Over 10 million Americans suffer from allergies to pollen alone, which equals out to approximately one in every five people. Suffers of allergies have a disorder of their immune system and that is what causes the symptoms.

Many people are allergic to dust, pollen , nuts, and bumble bees and they are so sensitive to these allergies that the allergy could become life threatening and turn into an anaphlyactic reaction if it doesn't get treated immediately.

In hot dry climates it has been found that there are more allergens floating around in the air, rather then humid and cooler climates. In the spring and early summer is another time that there are a lot of allergens in the air this is because the plants and the trees are budding and this helps out the pollen.

Antihistamines, decongestants, and also nasal spray are medical treatments that help ward off some of the uncomfortableness of allergies.

However an expert in the allergy field may insist that to treat an allergy is to stay away from it altogether. Inside of your home you should look into using an air cleaner that has a HEPA filter.

Filters that are HEPA eliminate just about all dust, and pollen out of the air. If you happen to be allergic to smoke, look into an activated carbon filter, they work awesome.

Allergies can cause many different symptoms and they do effect lifestyles, ask anybody you know with an allergy. New products are now available to aid on allergy problems. In the United States there are an increasing amount of people that have allergies, when people get tested over fifty percent have at least one allergen.

So with this said if you are a suffer to seem that you will at least be able to find somebody that is ready to talk about the problem you both suffer from.