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July 7, 2004:
Summer
Health Tips II
Interview
with Patricia Carroll, R.N.author of the book,What
Nurses Know And Doctors Don't Have Time To Tell You
Mike
Carruthers:
How
do you know if you have a cold or an allergy?
Patricia
Carroll:
To figure out whether you have a cold or an allergy
first think about, "Do other people have symptoms?"
If you have an allergy the rest of your family is usually well,
if you have a cold you know lots of people who have very similar
symptoms.
Registered
nurse Pat Carroll author of the book What
Nurses Know And Doctors Don't Have Time To Tell You.
Another
trick is, allergies make you itch. So if you feel like the roof
of your mouth itches or you want to try to scratch the front
of your throat, that's a good indicator that you are having
an allergic reaction instead of a cold.
Pat says
there are a lot of good allergy medications both prescription
and over the counter that can help your allergies, but there
are some other things you can do as well
Another
good trick if you're suffering from allergy symptoms is to be
sure and wash your hair at night. When you're out and about
during the day your hair is a pollen magnet. And if you come
in for the night and you don't wash your hair the pollen will
be transferred to your pillow and you'll breath it in all night
and you can never get ahead of an allergy that way.
And you
also want to make sure you reduce the opportunities for dust
and pollen to get in your room.
Instead
of having a fabric headboard think about a wooden headboard.
Instead of big heavy curtains select curtains that you can throw
in the washing machine so that they don't collect dust and contribute
to the allergies.
At somethingyoushouldknow.net,
I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.
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