As summer comes to an end and children across the United States prepare to go back to school, it's important for parents to be proactive when it comes to preparing their sons and daughters for a healthy and safe year. If your child suffers from allergies or asthma, it's critical that you speak with teachers, school nurses and coaches to alert them of his or her affliction.
As Colorado news outlet the Loveland Reporter-Herald notes, August and September can be a stressful time of the year for many children and teenagers, so ensuring that measures are in place to keep their allergy and asthma symptoms at a minimum and prevent emergencies from occurring may benefit their mental well-being as well as their physical health.
"Parents should know what the school plan is for allergies," Dr. Anna George, an allergy specialist, told the source. "It's good to know if the medication is under lock and key, who knows where the key is and who will administer it. Also, can that person get to it quickly?"
Once you've prepared your children for dealing with their asthma and allergies at school, it's important to remember that there are also steps you can take at home to make their symptoms less prominent and debilitating. Many children and teenagers may benefit from allergy bedding in the form of mattresses, sheets and pillowcases to ensure that common irritants like dust mites, pet dander and pollen don't get trapped in their bed and make it difficult for them to sleep at night.
