One unexpected side effect to wearing masks for the last two years? It has greatly reduced my allergy symptoms! Still have them, but ragweed season and cedar season weren’t the nightmare they usually were.
Yeah also the contamination, in my city there is a lot of old diesel engines that pollute the city a lot, it's not that bad once u get used to wearing them.
Never had allergies as a child, gave birth to my son who is allergic to life aka meds, pollen,insect bites etc and 💥 my allergies began. Dust is my nemesis; all year round meds, nasal spray, eye drops & steroid creams for contact dermatitis. So much fun!!
I have a hyper-allergenic cat. He causes reactions even in some people who generally don't have problems with cats (like my younger sister). He's also a major cuddle-bug, so it's a struggle to balance giving him the affection he needs and not having my symptoms become unbearable even with meds.
I have just a regular cat, mix of whatever. And allergic people don't react to her. Her brother-cat though is different, my brother and mom react heavily to him. I would love to know why she's different...
I know it’s the Fel-D 1 protein in cats’ saliva that people are usually allergic to. the supposedly “hypo-allergenic” cats apparently produce less of said protein, so it wouldn’t surprise me if there are cats that produce more than normal amounts
I definitely have allergies to flowers when they are indoors. The worst are lilies. The ornamental plant called the Peace Lily put me into the hospital with ultra-severe headaches (and I have migraines - these were worse. I finally figured out it was the white lily that blooms on the plant.
OMG!!! I thought I was the only one! Everyone that I talk to thought I was weird because I couldn't stand the smell of lilies. I can smell them half way down a hall, in a closed room As for flowers....I found out that I had hayfever from picking dandelion flowers. My eyes would swell up to being closed, my nose would run and would be a little hard to breath
Yup. I worked in the hospital and people loved to bring flowers for patients. They would take them out of the room and put them on my desk. I thought I was dying my head hurt so bad! Keep the lilies away from me!
Whoever said allergy shots don't work are silly. Not only do I feel more comfortable around shots, but now I can eat things that I've never been able to before! My allergy isn't severe, but is pretty broad (most fruit, some nuts, some veggies). I haven't been able to eat apples for 9 years because my reaction was so not worth it, but now I kinda can! Super great, pink ladies are my favorite (least reaction and great taste)
I’m going for my shots a cluster version which beings me up to 1 year of weekly shots in 3 weeks. So I’m nervous and scared ima have anaphylaxis. But it nice to see shots worked for others !
immunotherapy absolutely works. i saw huge reduction in symptoms even after only 1 year. my allergist had me self-administering my shots at home, so i only had to visit the office every few months.
Used to have a slight allergy to my cat, my skin went red every time my cat touched me (especially on chest/neck area), but two years ago, the same cat, the same me - allergy gone. Still don’t know why and how. Happy me and happy cat though
I have allergies and I have a cat. What helped me is an industrial active carbon filter. They are in the mid-range cheep. 600m³/h ACF = 100€ and a silent Fan is around 150€-250€. (Loud ones are around 60€) You need to wash the prefilter every 3 Month and buy a new Active-Carbon-Filter every year. It improves the air quality massively. Industrial ones are not so pretty, but way cheaper and more powerful than any fancy consumer model.
As a kid, I was diagnosed having dust allergies, when I was in high school I needed to commute to go to school, my cough never went away (itchy throat) and my asthma attacks were frequent. When pandemic came, we were required to wear masks, and rarely have attacks.
I will continue to wear my mask in public indefinitely. It helps my vast types of allergies. I tried the immunotherapy shots and unfortunately it didn’t end well. I ended up in the emergency room in anaphylaxis. I am also allergic to many things so that could be why.
If you're a woman and eg. your allergies get worse once a month or so, maybe look into balancing hormones. Higher estrogen can make allergies/histamine release worse.
All grasses and all weeds are flowering plants, as are most trees. Maybe they mean ornamental flowers or something, but most of the common pollen allergens are definitely angiosperms (flowering plants). Also some of the largest pollen, from conifers, actually spreads the farthest, due to the winged shaped of their pollen.
Finally my favorite series, I had only one allergic reaction to a flower a long time ago I was at my aunt and uncle's place along with my siblings along a creek we were playing by the creek and I found a pretty flower it was a pale pink that's all I can remember and I rubbed it yeah I know and thought nothing of it and later we left and the next day my face was swollen and I stayed home from school and Mom took me to the doctor he was stunned this was after she called him.
Saw the allergy test on the video and reminded me that some people are allergic to roaches, i love how you guys bring different people on the show not only american white guys
Oh, I see. You are one of those people that thinks the superficial characteristics of the messenger are more important than the quality of the information delivered. Try complimenting them on their expansive knowledge, their communication skills, and their attention to detail. Ignore characteristics that cannot be changed.
I had allergy testing done at age 12 and was a 4/5 on the chart for cat dander yet I’ve lived with cats my entire life without issue… until I got one of my current cats, Jasnah. For whatever reason, she triggers my asthma like crazy.
As a person, allergic to spring in general (pollen), I appreciate this video. I usually get around spring by drinking tons of nettle tea. I might consider Immuno therapy cause dealing with allergies all spring is quite annoying. If I forget my nettle tea before going out I have a terrible time of sneezes and itchiness. Which sucks cause after drinking tea I usually have to pee so I have to find a toilet and that's not always available.
My first ever tree pollen allergy, was my worst. I felt completely normal while outside, and then as soon as I came back inside, I felt very congested. And then the next day, I almost felt sick, I was coughing, had constant ear pressure, cycling between wet and dry sneezing, postnasal drip, only thing I didn't have was a sore throat. That lasted for a week. And then right after, I had a cold, which meant for me, no more postnasal drip, no more constant sneezing, no more ear pressure, and my throat became sore. That was in my teenage years. Over the years, these allergies have been steadily lasting longer and longer, but they've also been getting milder and milder, to the point where all I felt this year was a constant eye itch from Late February-Mid June. Several years after I started getting tree pollen allergies, I started getting ragweed pollen allergies. They are usually at their worst from Late August - Early September, although I will get on and off symptoms sometimes into November. July is generally an allergy free month for me, as are December and January. February, October, and November, sometimes I have allergies, sometimes I don't. March-June, always have allergies, same for August and September.
Four questions: So what is wrong with the immune system? The medication does not treat the decease, it lessens the symptoms? Is it not true that people have an underlying autoimmune decease that irritates the patient and is noticeable in symptoms such as Asthma, rash on their skin or a runny nose? Is it true that even if you identify the triggers that make the immune system change, the way the system change is unknown?
Not a doctor, but I have allergies myself and part of a research group that pioneered allergy immunotherapy in Canada. The reason why humans have allergies is due to an over-response from the IgE white cells. Although the production of IgE's is normal to combat parasites, etc. its reaction to allergens is not. The issue about allergies is that it is an autoimmune disease (not decease, decease means dead lol). This drastically makes it harder for medication to treat the issue at the source as it can't rewrite your cells to tell it to stop attacking allergens. Allergy medications can only mediate symptoms by blocking receptor cells or reducing the production of IgEs. Severe allergies usually comes in a bundle of 3: allergies, asthma and eczema. All of them are basically an overreaction to irritants/allergens. Allergies is body-wide. Asthma is specifically for your lungs and eczema is for the skin. Yes, there isn't enough reliable data to exactly tell why the system reacts this way nor how to change it. It is easy to identify allergens and triggered cells but the reason behind these actions is why allergies are so hard to understand.
@@stevehockey1143 There is some emerging evidence that over use of cleaning products like anti-bacterial cleaners in homes with young children can contribute to severity of allergies. For the immune system to develop normally it needs to be exposed to bacteria and viruses on an every day basis, but removing the normal background levels of bacteria in the home environment can cause abnormal immune responses.
@@SevCaswell Also emerging evidence that microplastics are basically everywhere. And that a wide range of microplastics are endocrine disruptors and can raise estrogenic activity. With increasing estrogenic activity, histamine levels can also increase.
I randomly became allergic to some fruit at like 12 like plums, apples, pears and peaches. I was told I had a severe allergy to pollen and that was why I had developed fruit allergy later in life.
My allergist started to talk in a low tone and gave me tips in a way that her colleagues would not hear it, cause apparently some of the scientific evidence there is lacking. Do look up estrogen vs histamine, though! One reason allergists can't always help with excess histamine, cause it can be simply excess estrogen. And an allergist has no authority to say, hey, just stop your birth control, and you'll feel better. You'd need an immunologist and an endocrinologist to work hand in hand, but they don't normally do that...
I used to have AWFUL seasonal allergies. Right about this time in spring I would look like someone punched me in the eyes and constantly going through tissues. I couldn’t wear make up on spring because there was no point. I would take medication and everything. After having my kid I don’t get seasonal allergies…. It’s kind of crazy how that worked out
Look up estrogen and histamine release, or estrogen and asthma. Birth control or pregnancy or other big hormonal changes massively influence allergies in women. I'm so appalled that most allergists pretend sex hormones don't exist. Also thankful for those few who acknowledge the connections.
What about jasmine? I walk past a bush during the right time of year and my sinuses react automatically. It's debilitating to the point of i need to lay, close my eyes with a hot wet towel on my face in a steamed up bathroom.
Oh hey, I developed my egg allergy last year as an adult. I hadn't made any changes to my diet since it had already been years with my dairy allergy. Now my allergies basically made me vegan 🤷
It's also important to know allergies can come in the future due to hormonal change. My mom is a clear example. She had no allergies up until she had my brother. She later developped a pollen allergy. Some might say it's because she moved from Ukraine to Italy but she claims there are blooming trees that live in both places that all of the sudden gave her allergies. She recalls very much not being pregnant and not having allergies to having a child and having allergic attacks. Luckily she has mild symptoms that are easily manageable. Sometimes her eyes feel shut but in most cases she has burning sneezing fits that are easily treatable with nasal sprays.
For me before spring I got bee pollen and it has seem to help with my hay-fever as its known to help it and it definitely has. I don't get runny nose anymore, I still sneeze but I don't seem to have congestion like last year when I had no bee pollen.
when I was a kid I had a bad bug bite allergy, if I got a bite on my hand my whole hand would be really swollen, now I just don't have that, no therapy or anything, didn't move either, just gone.
I have been told by some doctors that I'm allergic to pollen but it's far from clear to me what it gets triggered by and when. I've moved around a lot, and it's hard to tell when it's a cold or an allergy.
Interesting bit about the shots! I've actually had to stop taking meds for allergy, since when I was taking them, the summer was nightmare for me. Since I've stopped taking them, my summer got way better...now I only sneeze a bit or get my throat scratchy, before, when I was on vaccines, I was always sneezing and coughing like mad, my eyes got often sealed shut during my sleep and other fancy stuff
I have to take a Zyrtec every single night before bed or I will wake up with itchy eyes and sneeze all day. It’s so annoying. I guess it’s environmental allergies I don’t have pets but no matter the time of year, I’m sneezing. 🤧 😭👎
@@hellogorgeous101 and I assume your bedding isn't filled with natural feathers and/or it's not ancient either. that must be extremely annoying. I also wonder if you already tried eg. low-histamine diet and all the random bacterium strains that help our bodies to supress histamine release. And hormone regulation etc. For men it's not really a thing, but for women estrogen can mess histamine levels up bad :(
Zyrtec is actually older type of antihistamine. Talk to your doctor about newer generation of antihistamines they also have less side effects. Might be helpful.
My allergies lead to sinus infections. A couple of the ways I can tell I have a sinus infection are bloody noses and headaches in my face. Could your migraines be sinus infections?
I just call allergies "seasonal all seasons allergies". But winter is easier on me. The heat makes my allergies worse and I even get itchy from heat or sun exposure. Basically, Summer is my enemy.
Anyone with severe allergic reactions? 🖐️ I can die in minutes if I eat crustaceans. :/ And other allergies are lvl 3. Sometimes allergies can induce a fever like symptom like I have a flu :/ Gonna start immunotherapy soon.
I have a dust allergy, and there are honeys that are known to reduce allergy symptoms is it true? Bcs i think it is different than local honey that is mentioned
I REALLY WISH the allergy specialist I had when I was a kid told me that allergy meds are more preventative than curative. It wasn't until I was in my 30s and my new family doctor told me that. The AMOUNT of things I missed out on in my life because of my SEVERE environmental allergies. It's like having the flu 8 months out of a year. It's horrible.
I've heard toy poodles being called hypoallergenic but my mom had to give hers to a relative due to my allergies. I've had a dalmatian and four mixed breeds of dogs since then none of them game me allergic reactions.
saying that bees only get their nektar/pollen from flowers is not right. lots and lots of trees get pollinated by bees (such as apple trees). however using honey still wont work, since either the honey is filtered and cooked, thus removing the pollen that is supposed to expose you and prepare your body for allergies, however even in raw honey the concentration of pollen is waaaaaayyy too low to be registered by your body. plus its not that safe to eat
HYPO means less than normal not absent of or 0. Hypoallergenic pets sound accurate still because it's possible that mild allergies they create less of a reaction.
Yes. I understand that. Still, I believe that what they say is correct, because a pet that provokes fewer reactions for you may not do so for me, so it is not a hypo pet, it's only hypo for you.
It has nothing to do with the the temperature increasing 0.6 degrees Celsius. New plant hybrids are being developed at a stunning rate. New grasses, trees, flowers, mosses, etc. Increased self-pollination, growth periods, active days per year - these are just a few of the developments. You are exposed to pollen varieties that didn't exist ten years ago, and in more days of the year.
@@poopsmagoo because it's been going on since the day this planet started existing. It's not man made its a natural phenomenon. Also thr climate hasn't changed one bit where I live not a damn single bit in 32 years. We have some hotter summers and colder winters, and sometimes warmers winters and cooler summers. It's called earth cycles
I had bad spring allergies in middle school and the went away by the time I was a Junior in high school and both schools were in the same area. I guess my body adjusted through the years.
Here is a question, how in the heck is my body able to produce SO MUCH snot?!? My allergies are off the charts some times to the point I'd be able to wring out the handkerchief.
I used to quickly develop allergic reactions to my first cat, but now, years later, I no longer react to to him. I even got a second cat and I'm fine. Im pretty sure I developed some kind of tolerance but my doctor thinks I'm lying and refuses to believe me lol
I developed allergies as an adult. Moved from Miami to the Midwest for the army. Developed a case of the most extreme allergies. That shit sucks. That was years ago. Still have allergies till this day and I’m back in Miami. That dandelion pollen man. Straight up evil.
I doubt I'll get an answer to this but here goes anyway. I had "bad" year-round allergies growing up. At times I was so miserable that I didn't think I'd even survive as I lived off my allergy medicines. Anyway, my allergies showed up at the start of my freshman year in high school ('82) and lasted until 2010 when I was in an accident that messed up my neck and back. Anyway, I had to watch a video when I started going through PT. In this one video, it said that 70% of allergy cases were the result of your neck alignment. This made me laugh as my thoughts then were simply "Yeah, Right!" Well, the interesting thing is that my allergies basically disappeared after I got my neck realigned. Now I have maybe 8 to 10 days a year where I have very mild allergy conditions. So my question is, did my allergies just suddenly go away or was there something to this chiropractor video saying that allergies are caused by your neck alignment?
Okay so next week I’m going in for my cluster shots. 3 hour appt (3 of them.) so for me all otc allergy meds dry me out very horrible so that it’s worse than my allergies and I’m allergic to basically all trees and plants , all season of allergies lol. My cluster shots make me have 1 year of immune boost in like 3 days. I’m nervous and scared but excited to not have drying issues or horrible allergies all year. Even winter sksksk!
My doctor just said that I shouldn't use my anti allergy medication daily because it will desensitise me from it and I will still have symptoms despite taking the medication and now hearing that I'm confused though it wasn't my allergy doc only the normal family doc who said that
Does anyone have a fruit allergy? Mine appeared out of nowhere one summer and it's not that bad so I didn't get it checked out but I've never heard of it. Not all fruits tho berries are fine. But also tomatoes and avocados are not ok. So weird
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How can it be that the same doctor says "there are no hypoallergenic pets" and the second after say "I tolerate some cats better than others, but there are no pets that are 100 % nog allergenic". The word hypoallergenic does not mean "100 risk free" it means "lower risk". If a dog has a big like aura of allergens around them, any allergic can tell that that is worse than a shortcut washed dog that do not shed (shedding spreads allergens with the small skinparts thar comes loose att the same time, as may also occur with naked dogs but not so much with non shedding dogs like poodles and other breeds with coat that grows like human hair). How is it possible to call this "there are not such thing as low allergenic pets". And pets may be fish, tortoise and other. Does these doctors mean that it does not matter what you buy as pet, since there "are no hypoallergenic pets"? Hyper and hypo dos NOT mean "100 % and 0 %". Those words mean more like "much and little". I know several allergic people that has reptiles, but they can not meet a dog or a cat. Reptiles are lowallergenic pets. I my language, the professors at allergies talks about "low allergenic apples", "low allergenic dogs" and so on. Meaning: "this allergens gives reaction, but less" or "this apple/dog breed is tolerated totally by som people with allergy against apples/dogs". Black and white thinking amongst doctors makes people not listen, and open the ways for people to pseudo crap medicine.
One way to get rid of allergies is to strengthen the immune system. I was able to get rid of my environmental allergies through breathing exercises and cold exposure.
cool anecdote, not scientifically backed though. allergies are actually an immune response so not sure how 'strengthening' the immune system would be helpful in this case. for example, many people with severe allergies and/or allergic asthma actually take immunosuppresants which ARE effective in reducing immune response ... aka reducing allergy related symptoms
@@sc-qp4eg Yes it is anecdotal, but I am not the only one. To test this scientifically, which I think we should do a lot more of, is very expensive, and there is not much profit to be had, so it does not happen.
Strengthening the immune system isn't possible. However, strengthening your affected organs to reduce the symptoms is scientifically proven to work. Regular exercise and physical activities improves the health of your lungs as well as manages your stress level. This in consequence reduces the severity of breathing symptoms and since eczema can be stress related, it can also improve on skin-based symptoms. It's impossible to get rid of allergies but it is possible to reduce the symptoms to the point that it doesn't inconveniences your daily life anymore.
Nothing else since I can't remember the flower she called my aunt and uncle about that and they wasn't sure about that flower either they were elderly at the time and rarely went down to the creek.
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One unexpected side effect to wearing masks for the last two years? It has greatly reduced my allergy symptoms! Still have them, but ragweed season and cedar season weren’t the nightmare they usually were.
Yeah also the contamination, in my city there is a lot of old diesel engines that pollute the city a lot, it's not that bad once u get used to wearing them.
In Japan, there are masks specifically made for pollen. They're not suitable for covid tho.
@@maeannengo4908 but the masks suitable to help against viruses also help with allergies
@@andij605 Yes. I know :)
Yes SAME!! And i also have gotten lesser frequency of fevers or flus.
Me: Goes outside.
Allergies: We don't do that here.
Never had allergies as a child, gave birth to my son who is allergic to life aka meds, pollen,insect bites etc and 💥 my allergies began. Dust is my nemesis; all year round meds, nasal spray, eye drops & steroid creams for contact dermatitis. So much fun!!
Hope your son outgrows his allergies and maybe yours can get better with that too!
Have you asked your doctor about allergy injection therapy?
Omg! That's tough. After I had my last child, I became allergic to fruit with skins on them, it's a pectin allergy.
I have a hyper-allergenic cat. He causes reactions even in some people who generally don't have problems with cats (like my younger sister). He's also a major cuddle-bug, so it's a struggle to balance giving him the affection he needs and not having my symptoms become unbearable even with meds.
I have just a regular cat, mix of whatever. And allergic people don't react to her. Her brother-cat though is different, my brother and mom react heavily to him. I would love to know why she's different...
I know it’s the Fel-D 1 protein in cats’ saliva that people are usually allergic to. the supposedly “hypo-allergenic” cats apparently produce less of said protein, so it wouldn’t surprise me if there are cats that produce more than normal amounts
I definitely have allergies to flowers when they are indoors. The worst are lilies. The ornamental plant called the Peace Lily put me into the hospital with ultra-severe headaches (and I have migraines - these were worse. I finally figured out it was the white lily that blooms on the plant.
Same! I had no idea what triggered it though.
Lilies trigger my asthma
OMG!!! I thought I was the only one! Everyone that I talk to thought I was weird because I couldn't stand the smell of lilies. I can smell them half way down a hall, in a closed room
As for flowers....I found out that I had hayfever from picking dandelion flowers. My eyes would swell up to being closed, my nose would run and would be a little hard to breath
Yup. I worked in the hospital and people loved to bring flowers for patients. They would take them out of the room and put them on my desk. I thought I was dying my head hurt so bad! Keep the lilies away from me!
Whoever said allergy shots don't work are silly. Not only do I feel more comfortable around shots, but now I can eat things that I've never been able to before! My allergy isn't severe, but is pretty broad (most fruit, some nuts, some veggies). I haven't been able to eat apples for 9 years because my reaction was so not worth it, but now I kinda can! Super great, pink ladies are my favorite (least reaction and great taste)
I’m going for my shots a cluster version which beings me up to 1 year of weekly shots in 3 weeks. So I’m nervous and scared ima have anaphylaxis. But it nice to see shots worked for others !
They've never worked for anyone I know.
Pink Lady apples are delicious 😁!
Very informative. As a person with allergies, I thoroughly enjoyed this.
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No such thing as a hypoallergenic pet?
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technically a person with a fish allergy can die from a goldfish...
@@stevehockey1143 Usually fish allergies are caused by eating fish, not have contact with them.
immunotherapy absolutely works. i saw huge reduction in symptoms even after only 1 year. my allergist had me self-administering my shots at home, so i only had to visit the office every few months.
Used to have a slight allergy to my cat, my skin went red every time my cat touched me (especially on chest/neck area), but two years ago, the same cat, the same me - allergy gone. Still don’t know why and how. Happy me and happy cat though
I have allergies and I have a cat. What helped me is an industrial active carbon filter. They are in the mid-range cheep.
600m³/h ACF = 100€
and a silent Fan is around 150€-250€.
(Loud ones are around 60€)
You need to wash the prefilter every 3 Month and buy a new Active-Carbon-Filter every year. It improves the air quality massively. Industrial ones are not so pretty, but way cheaper and more powerful than any fancy consumer model.
Link to what you use?
As a kid, I was diagnosed having dust allergies, when I was in high school I needed to commute to go to school, my cough never went away (itchy throat) and my asthma attacks were frequent. When pandemic came, we were required to wear masks, and rarely have attacks.
I will continue to wear my mask in public indefinitely. It helps my vast types of allergies. I tried the immunotherapy shots and unfortunately it didn’t end well. I ended up in the emergency room in anaphylaxis. I am also allergic to many things so that could be why.
If you're a woman and eg. your allergies get worse once a month or so, maybe look into balancing hormones. Higher estrogen can make allergies/histamine release worse.
All grasses and all weeds are flowering plants, as are most trees. Maybe they mean ornamental flowers or something, but most of the common pollen allergens are definitely angiosperms (flowering plants).
Also some of the largest pollen, from conifers, actually spreads the farthest, due to the winged shaped of their pollen.
That one really bugged me.
Thank you for this. Very insightful. I suffered from allergies for several years.
Finally my favorite series, I had only one allergic reaction to a flower a long time ago I was at my aunt and uncle's place along with my siblings along a creek we were playing by the creek and I found a pretty flower it was a pale pink that's all I can remember and I rubbed it yeah I know and thought nothing of it and later we left and the next day my face was swollen and I stayed home from school and Mom took me to the doctor he was stunned this was after she called him.
Saw the allergy test on the video and reminded me that some people are allergic to roaches, i love how you guys bring different people on the show not only american white guys
Oh, I see. You are one of those people that thinks the superficial characteristics of the messenger are more important than the quality of the information delivered.
Try complimenting them on their expansive knowledge, their communication skills, and their attention to detail. Ignore characteristics that cannot be changed.
@@b.calvinsaul1909 For real! People just see race and gender?! They miss the qualifications of the person. 😑
'Hypo' means 'little' so even though there is no 100%, if it is still less, they are hypoallergenic
I had allergy testing done at age 12 and was a 4/5 on the chart for cat dander yet I’ve lived with cats my entire life without issue… until I got one of my current cats, Jasnah. For whatever reason, she triggers my asthma like crazy.
As a person, allergic to spring in general (pollen), I appreciate this video. I usually get around spring by drinking tons of nettle tea.
I might consider Immuno therapy cause dealing with allergies all spring is quite annoying. If I forget my nettle tea before going out I have a terrible time of sneezes and itchiness. Which sucks cause after drinking tea I usually have to pee so I have to find a toilet and that's not always available.
I use nettle capsules and I do find it takes my worst symptoms down a couple notches. I still use my nasal spray do this is instead of allergy pills
My first ever tree pollen allergy, was my worst. I felt completely normal while outside, and then as soon as I came back inside, I felt very congested. And then the next day, I almost felt sick, I was coughing, had constant ear pressure, cycling between wet and dry sneezing, postnasal drip, only thing I didn't have was a sore throat. That lasted for a week. And then right after, I had a cold, which meant for me, no more postnasal drip, no more constant sneezing, no more ear pressure, and my throat became sore. That was in my teenage years.
Over the years, these allergies have been steadily lasting longer and longer, but they've also been getting milder and milder, to the point where all I felt this year was a constant eye itch from Late February-Mid June. Several years after I started getting tree pollen allergies, I started getting ragweed pollen allergies. They are usually at their worst from Late August - Early September, although I will get on and off symptoms sometimes into November.
July is generally an allergy free month for me, as are December and January. February, October, and November, sometimes I have allergies, sometimes I don't. March-June, always have allergies, same for August and September.
Four questions:
So what is wrong with the immune system?
The medication does not treat the decease, it lessens the symptoms?
Is it not true that people have an underlying autoimmune decease that irritates the patient and is noticeable in symptoms such as Asthma, rash on their skin or a runny nose?
Is it true that even if you identify the triggers that make the immune system change, the way the system change is unknown?
Not a doctor, but I have allergies myself and part of a research group that pioneered allergy immunotherapy in Canada. The reason why humans have allergies is due to an over-response from the IgE white cells. Although the production of IgE's is normal to combat parasites, etc. its reaction to allergens is not.
The issue about allergies is that it is an autoimmune disease (not decease, decease means dead lol). This drastically makes it harder for medication to treat the issue at the source as it can't rewrite your cells to tell it to stop attacking allergens. Allergy medications can only mediate symptoms by blocking receptor cells or reducing the production of IgEs.
Severe allergies usually comes in a bundle of 3: allergies, asthma and eczema. All of them are basically an overreaction to irritants/allergens. Allergies is body-wide. Asthma is specifically for your lungs and eczema is for the skin.
Yes, there isn't enough reliable data to exactly tell why the system reacts this way nor how to change it. It is easy to identify allergens and triggered cells but the reason behind these actions is why allergies are so hard to understand.
@@stevehockey1143 There is some emerging evidence that over use of cleaning products like anti-bacterial cleaners in homes with young children can contribute to severity of allergies. For the immune system to develop normally it needs to be exposed to bacteria and viruses on an every day basis, but removing the normal background levels of bacteria in the home environment can cause abnormal immune responses.
@@SevCaswell Also emerging evidence that microplastics are basically everywhere. And that a wide range of microplastics are endocrine disruptors and can raise estrogenic activity. With increasing estrogenic activity, histamine levels can also increase.
@@SevCaswell wow excellent point, makes sense. No kids yet but I won’t forget this, thanks! Good thing I don’t use products like that
I randomly became allergic to some fruit at like 12 like plums, apples, pears and peaches. I was told I had a severe allergy to pollen and that was why I had developed fruit allergy later in life.
What about a video about histamine intolerance? An allergist actually laughed at me when I mentioned it to him 😢
My allergist started to talk in a low tone and gave me tips in a way that her colleagues would not hear it, cause apparently some of the scientific evidence there is lacking.
Do look up estrogen vs histamine, though! One reason allergists can't always help with excess histamine, cause it can be simply excess estrogen. And an allergist has no authority to say, hey, just stop your birth control, and you'll feel better. You'd need an immunologist and an endocrinologist to work hand in hand, but they don't normally do that...
I once woke up to my bedroom covered in yellow tree pollen.... that season was hell
I used to have AWFUL seasonal allergies. Right about this time in spring I would look like someone punched me in the eyes and constantly going through tissues. I couldn’t wear make up on spring because there was no point. I would take medication and everything. After having my kid I don’t get seasonal allergies…. It’s kind of crazy how that worked out
Look up estrogen and histamine release, or estrogen and asthma.
Birth control or pregnancy or other big hormonal changes massively influence allergies in women. I'm so appalled that most allergists pretend sex hormones don't exist. Also thankful for those few who acknowledge the connections.
@@andij605 omg I will!! I’m so intrigued about how our bodies work like that. Almost 3 years with no allergies or medication for them.
What about jasmine? I walk past a bush during the right time of year and my sinuses react automatically. It's debilitating to the point of i need to lay, close my eyes with a hot wet towel on my face in a steamed up bathroom.
I developed an egg allergy after changing my diet so definitely you can have allergies as an adult.
I developed a crustacean allergy lvl 5 at 18. :/
Oh hey, I developed my egg allergy last year as an adult. I hadn't made any changes to my diet since it had already been years with my dairy allergy. Now my allergies basically made me vegan 🤷
It's also important to know allergies can come in the future due to hormonal change. My mom is a clear example. She had no allergies up until she had my brother. She later developped a pollen allergy. Some might say it's because she moved from Ukraine to Italy but she claims there are blooming trees that live in both places that all of the sudden gave her allergies. She recalls very much not being pregnant and not having allergies to having a child and having allergic attacks. Luckily she has mild symptoms that are easily manageable. Sometimes her eyes feel shut but in most cases she has burning sneezing fits that are easily treatable with nasal sprays.
I developed cat(animal) allergies at 16.. still super confused about it
For me before spring I got bee pollen and it has seem to help with my hay-fever as its known to help it and it definitely has.
I don't get runny nose anymore, I still sneeze but I don't seem to have congestion like last year when I had no bee pollen.
when I was a kid I had a bad bug bite allergy, if I got a bite on my hand my whole hand would be really swollen, now I just don't have that, no therapy or anything, didn't move either, just gone.
Loved it. Very informative.
I have been told by some doctors that I'm allergic to pollen but it's far from clear to me what it gets triggered by and when. I've moved around a lot, and it's hard to tell when it's a cold or an allergy.
Interesting bit about the shots! I've actually had to stop taking meds for allergy, since when I was taking them, the summer was nightmare for me. Since I've stopped taking them, my summer got way better...now I only sneeze a bit or get my throat scratchy, before, when I was on vaccines, I was always sneezing and coughing like mad, my eyes got often sealed shut during my sleep and other fancy stuff
Is immunotherapy a good choice for severe allergies ( bee stings) or is that something better not to mess with?
I have to take a Zyrtec every single night before bed or I will wake up with itchy eyes and sneeze all day. It’s so annoying. I guess it’s environmental allergies I don’t have pets but no matter the time of year, I’m sneezing. 🤧 😭👎
I take Zyrtec too!
also no carpets?
@@andij605 nope! No carpets
@@hellogorgeous101 and I assume your bedding isn't filled with natural feathers and/or it's not ancient either.
that must be extremely annoying.
I also wonder if you already tried eg. low-histamine diet and all the random bacterium strains that help our bodies to supress histamine release. And hormone regulation etc. For men it's not really a thing, but for women estrogen can mess histamine levels up bad :(
Zyrtec is actually older type of antihistamine. Talk to your doctor about newer generation of antihistamines they also have less side effects. Might be helpful.
Do allergies cause migraines? I seem to get sinus headaches which lead to bloody noses, and then culminate in a migraine that lasts days.
My allergies lead to sinus infections. A couple of the ways I can tell I have a sinus infection are bloody noses and headaches in my face. Could your migraines be sinus infections?
@@amycollins3319 It's possible. I've only been given migraine medication for them, nothing for sinus infections. I'll ask my doctor.
Then there's me: I'm allergic both in hot and cold weather 🤧
Pd. They make such a great team
I just call allergies "seasonal all seasons allergies". But winter is easier on me. The heat makes my allergies worse and I even get itchy from heat or sun exposure. Basically, Summer is my enemy.
Anyone with severe allergic reactions? 🖐️
I can die in minutes if I eat crustaceans. :/
And other allergies are lvl 3. Sometimes allergies can induce a fever like symptom like I have a flu :/ Gonna start immunotherapy soon.
I loved these doctors 🥼🫶🏼 great information such nice ladies.
Perfect timing. Going through it right now.
Great serie👍
I have a dust allergy, and there are honeys that are known to reduce allergy symptoms is it true? Bcs i think it is different than local honey that is mentioned
Can a person develop anaphylaxis if he is already allergic to something?
Moving from a rural town to a big city greatly reduced my seasonal allergies.
Good luck mate
I REALLY WISH the allergy specialist I had when I was a kid told me that allergy meds are more preventative than curative. It wasn't until I was in my 30s and my new family doctor told me that. The AMOUNT of things I missed out on in my life because of my SEVERE environmental allergies. It's like having the flu 8 months out of a year. It's horrible.
We asked and they delivered
I've heard toy poodles being called hypoallergenic but my mom had to give hers to a relative due to my allergies. I've had a dalmatian and four mixed breeds of dogs since then none of them game me allergic reactions.
saying that bees only get their nektar/pollen from flowers is not right. lots and lots of trees get pollinated by bees (such as apple trees). however using honey still wont work, since either the honey is filtered and cooked, thus removing the pollen that is supposed to expose you and prepare your body for allergies, however even in raw honey the concentration of pollen is waaaaaayyy too low to be registered by your body. plus its not that safe to eat
apple trees are pollinated by bees thru their blooms tho
HYPO means less than normal not absent of or 0. Hypoallergenic pets sound accurate still because it's possible that mild allergies they create less of a reaction.
But they also say it depends on the person specific reaction. What is hypo for you may not be for other people
@@LucianaFujii yeah it's possible for sure but again hypo doesn't mean no reactions whatsoever.
Yes. I understand that. Still, I believe that what they say is correct, because a pet that provokes fewer reactions for you may not do so for me, so it is not a hypo pet, it's only hypo for you.
The really weird thing is that climate change has actually made seasonal allergies worse.
It has nothing to do with the the temperature increasing 0.6 degrees Celsius.
New plant hybrids are being developed at a stunning rate. New grasses, trees, flowers, mosses, etc. Increased self-pollination, growth periods, active days per year - these are just a few of the developments. You are exposed to pollen varieties that didn't exist ten years ago, and in more days of the year.
The only thing weirder are the folks actively denying it.
@@poopsmagoo because it's been going on since the day this planet started existing. It's not man made its a natural phenomenon. Also thr climate hasn't changed one bit where I live not a damn single bit in 32 years. We have some hotter summers and colder winters, and sometimes warmers winters and cooler summers. It's called earth cycles
"there is no such thing as a hypoallergenic pet" I really don't think my lizard Sandra is making anyone sneeze
I'm cautious about OTC's due to the body building an immunity to them.
I had bad spring allergies in middle school and the went away by the time I was a Junior in high school and both schools were in the same area. I guess my body adjusted through the years.
So informative video
I had allergic problems whenever I change my soap brand or lotion brands. It's really annoying.
Here is a question, how in the heck is my body able to produce SO MUCH snot?!?
My allergies are off the charts some times to the point I'd be able to wring out the handkerchief.
I used to quickly develop allergic reactions to my first cat, but now, years later, I no longer react to to him. I even got a second cat and I'm fine. Im pretty sure I developed some kind of tolerance but my doctor thinks I'm lying and refuses to believe me lol
I developed allergies as an adult. Moved from Miami to the Midwest for the army. Developed a case of the most extreme allergies. That shit sucks. That was years ago. Still have allergies till this day and I’m back in Miami. That dandelion pollen man. Straight up evil.
As when I take antihistamines my body seems to react to it and it makes my allergies worse and makes me have nausea so trying out bee pollen saved me
why was this uploaded twice
I have the allergy all over the year.
I doubt I'll get an answer to this but here goes anyway. I had "bad" year-round allergies growing up. At times I was so miserable that I didn't think I'd even survive as I lived off my allergy medicines. Anyway, my allergies showed up at the start of my freshman year in high school ('82) and lasted until 2010 when I was in an accident that messed up my neck and back. Anyway, I had to watch a video when I started going through PT. In this one video, it said that 70% of allergy cases were the result of your neck alignment. This made me laugh as my thoughts then were simply "Yeah, Right!" Well, the interesting thing is that my allergies basically disappeared after I got my neck realigned. Now I have maybe 8 to 10 days a year where I have very mild allergy conditions. So my question is, did my allergies just suddenly go away or was there something to this chiropractor video saying that allergies are caused by your neck alignment?
Okay so next week I’m going in for my cluster shots. 3 hour appt (3 of them.) so for me all otc allergy meds dry me out very horrible so that it’s worse than my allergies and I’m allergic to basically all trees and plants , all season of allergies lol. My cluster shots make me have 1 year of immune boost in like 3 days. I’m nervous and scared but excited to not have drying issues or horrible allergies all year. Even winter sksksk!
I have headaches from flowers.
Yeah that first one, I've developed extra allergies over time...sigh
This is great!
Can we talk about the cake @ 1:11?
My doctor just said that I shouldn't use my anti allergy medication daily because it will desensitise me from it and I will still have symptoms despite taking the medication and now hearing that I'm confused though it wasn't my allergy doc only the normal family doc who said that
Trust the doctor who is specialised on a specific area rather than the family doctor.
If you are not sure second opinion is valuable also specialist is usually more knowledgeable than regular family doctor
Does anyone have a fruit allergy? Mine appeared out of nowhere one summer and it's not that bad so I didn't get it checked out but I've never heard of it. Not all fruits tho berries are fine. But also tomatoes and avocados are not ok. So weird
Just a simple question how is that possible that human might have an allergy from nature ?
Good.
I actually developed an allergic reaction to my cat 😔 he’s my first and most likely my last pet
"if peanut can f*** you then you're not my child"
Dad.
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I don't really think I have an allergy I know I don't tolerate dust 🤧😞 that is one of the worst
How can it be that the same doctor says "there are no hypoallergenic pets" and the second after say "I tolerate some cats better than others, but there are no pets that are 100 % nog allergenic". The word hypoallergenic does not mean "100 risk free" it means "lower risk".
If a dog has a big like aura of allergens around them, any allergic can tell that that is worse than a shortcut washed dog that do not shed (shedding spreads allergens with the small skinparts thar comes loose att the same time, as may also occur with naked dogs but not so much with non shedding dogs like poodles and other breeds with coat that grows like human hair). How is it possible to call this "there are not such thing as low allergenic pets".
And pets may be fish, tortoise and other. Does these doctors mean that it does not matter what you buy as pet, since there "are no hypoallergenic pets"? Hyper and hypo dos NOT mean "100 % and 0 %". Those words mean more like "much and little".
I know several allergic people that has reptiles, but they can not meet a dog or a cat. Reptiles are lowallergenic pets.
I my language, the professors at allergies talks about "low allergenic apples", "low allergenic dogs" and so on. Meaning: "this allergens gives reaction, but less" or "this apple/dog breed is tolerated totally by som people with allergy against apples/dogs".
Black and white thinking amongst doctors makes people not listen, and open the ways for people to pseudo crap medicine.
This video is why I don't trust doctors. You can't out grow allergies but you can grow into them. Lol
My ex had horrible allergies in Ohio and they went away when he moved to Florida
I am in Ohio and my allergies are year round. I dream of moving somewhere with an environment which does not trigger any of my allergies!
Being allergic to animals is the worst curse ever :(
One way to get rid of allergies is to strengthen the immune system. I was able to get rid of my environmental allergies through breathing exercises and cold exposure.
cool anecdote, not scientifically backed though. allergies are actually an immune response so not sure how 'strengthening' the immune system would be helpful in this case. for example, many people with severe allergies and/or allergic asthma actually take immunosuppresants which ARE effective in reducing immune response ... aka reducing allergy related symptoms
@@sc-qp4eg Yes it is anecdotal, but I am not the only one. To test this scientifically, which I think we should do a lot more of, is very expensive, and there is not much profit to be had, so it does not happen.
@@sc-qp4eg wish crap like this worked on my lvl 5 allergies. Maybe with a cold shower I wouldn't die by eating 🦀...
Gosh these people are a joke..
Strengthening the immune system isn't possible. However, strengthening your affected organs to reduce the symptoms is scientifically proven to work. Regular exercise and physical activities improves the health of your lungs as well as manages your stress level. This in consequence reduces the severity of breathing symptoms and since eczema can be stress related, it can also improve on skin-based symptoms. It's impossible to get rid of allergies but it is possible to reduce the symptoms to the point that it doesn't inconveniences your daily life anymore.
there's a list of bacteria that help against excess histamine. amazing probiotics.
do allergy shots make u gain weight?
Sounds very weird...they are just instructions for ur inmune system, as this ladies say they are not even medications
@@sciencetablet2634 ok thanks bc i know someone who said that they gained weight by those but they could’ve just lied
Wow. My allergies are getting so bad. I want to be treated by good looking ALLERGY physicians 😁
There's no hypoallergenic pet because plenty of people are allergic to even the dust mites that live on the skin of pets.
Nothing else since I can't remember the flower she called my aunt and uncle about that and they wasn't sure about that flower either they were elderly at the time and rarely went down to the creek.
My eyes get really red when i smoke the weed, soo I think I might be allergic?
Wow! My whole life regarding this topic was a lie. I have severe seasonal allergies (year round).
I always tell people my cat is hypoallergenic.
Had NO idea there's weed allergies!!! No wonder after pulling g weeds in the backyard I'm having a runny nose.
The baddie at 1:10 👀
The one woman pinching her nose shut when she sneezed made my whole body cringe. Oh, gosh! Crook of the arm! Hanky, tissue, please!
Reptiles can be pretty allergy free
The person in the thumbnail looks like Solar from mamamoo 😅
Well when pollen hates you all you got left is to live on the ocean
Dr. or Doctor....IS NOT A NAME🧐 one of the Long lastest educations out there,and socalled smart/educated/intelligent ppl Calle their first name by an education....🤔🤔🤔
I'm allergic to other humans.
Thumbnail lowkey looks like the Ukrainian flag 👀🇺🇦
So , Changed That Weird Thumbnail!
Sound suxs