It’s that time of year again friends! Seasonal Allergy Season! After the brutally cold winter, many trees and grasses are blooming a bit later this year. Just when many of us thought we’d escaped what is proving to be an awful allergy season.
Mother Nature, you’ve done it again.
Depending on where you live, different types of grasses, pollen, and mold may be blooming; but the tips for seasonal allergy relief are the same no matter your location. The Boy is bothered by allergens almost every month of the year. I feel for him as I know it isn’t any fun to have itchy, red eyes and an itchy throat. This year, the pollen seems to be bothering The Texan and I more than it has in prior years. I can’t help but wonder if our harsh winter has something to do with that.
Because I want my family to be as healthy as possible, I’m sharing a few tips for seasonal allergy relief. If you suffer from seasonal allergens, I hope you’ll implement some of these into your life and they help you, too!
Indoor Tips for Seasonal Allergy Relief:
Launder linens and clothing regularly. Because we’re all coming and going regularly, pollens and other irritants get into our homes via our clothing. It’s important to regularly wash your dirty clothes; during allergy season, avoid allowing worn clothing to sit in the basket too long. As your clothing sits there waiting for you to wash, you are exposing your family to the allergen.
Keep your windows closed. This is a tough one for me, especially after being cooped up all winter. With everything blooming right now, opening the windows allows the pollen an easy way into your home. Keeping the windows closed reduces exposure to the allergens {and cuts down on the amount of dusting you need to do!}.
Vacuum and dust frequently. Running your vacuum daily will remove dust and pet dander; as well as any blooming allergens that make their way into the home.
Outdoor Tips for Seasonal Allergy Relief:
Check the outdoor pollen count before heading outside. Pollen is often highest in the early morning hours of 5AM to 10AM.
Avoid using your clothesline. While we all like to save energy, and know that the clothes dryer uses a ton of energy, drying your clothes outdoors will bring the allergens inside. The pollen will be trapped in the fibers of your clothing and you’ll be dragging it around every where you go! When the pollen levels are high in your area, use your dryer.
Wear sunglasses. Glasses and sunglasses not only protect your eyes from the harmful sun rays, they also act as a barrier minimizing the amount of allergens sticking to your eyes.
Use eye drops. Seasonal allergies can make you feel like you have sand in your eyes – your eyes are itchy and it can hurt to keep them open. Using an eye drop like VISINE®-A® Eye Allergy Relief to temporarily relieve itchy, red eyes due to pollen, ragweed, dust, pet dander, and grass. One or two drops a day, up to four times a day to help treat your symptoms.
To learn more about seasonal allergy relief, join me today, May 8, at 12PM EST for an #EyesonVISINE Twitter party where you can get ideas for managing your seasonal allergies. We’re giving away a few cool prizes, too! Learn more here: http://twtvite.com/visine
How do you cope with seasonal allergies?
Ah I SO need this, this time of the year my eyes are dry and burning!
My eyes are itching like crazy! The pollen level has been “high” here for days!
My eyes get so dry in the summer, Visine is such a great product that helps so much I love it!
I haven’t seen this Visine yet. I use other types of their brand though. My allergies have already started to get bad, and it’s not even summer yet! I still have months to go before they let up for me.
Ugh, pollen is just the worst. Thank you for these tips– definitely going to start using eye drops from now on! Have a great week! 🙂
xo,
Stephanie
Diary of a Debutante
http://www.thediaryofadebutante.com
I just finished dusting my house…so much pollen! Ugh! My eyes are super itchy now, but thankfully I have VISINE to help take away the itch!
We are miserable dealing with spring allergies right now. Atlanta has go to be THE worst place to live for people who suffer from allergies!
I recall seeing something on the news about the Southeast being worse this year than it has in the past; but I feel like they said the midwest is going to be the worst overall in terms of allergens. The sliver lining – be thankful you don’t live there!?!
These are great tips. I remember one day on summer holiday when I was about seven collecting lots of grasses and placing them in my parents’ tent. My father has terrible hay fever, so he was not amused.
My mother in law has really bad allergies and she dies most of these tips!
Allergy season is SO bad here in NC. I definitely try to keep sunglasses on when I’m outside and I try to avoid being out when it’s too windy.
The pollen has been so bad here in AZ, and I have had such bad allergies that it turned into bronchitis and now pneumonia. Thank you for these tips to keep my family healthy!
My eyes always get sooo dry during this season. I’ll have to see if these drops can be used with contacts. I usually just buy the rewetting drops or the contacts drops but they usually don’t work for very long.
I’m one of those all year round sufferers, but spring is the worst! and I’m so guilty of driving around with my windows down. It’s just too nice out side not to!