Do your kids regularly suffer from allergies? Want to keep them better protected this spring? In the first part of our two-part series, we explore some ways you can help your children fight off seasonal allergies.
1. Drink plenty of water
Water not only keeps children from becoming dehydrated after sneezing all day, it also flushes toxins out of their bodies. Make sure they drink plenty of water throughout the day, even at school.
2. Take allergy medicine
Children should take allergy medicine well before seasonal allergies kick in. So, instead of starting to take medicine inMarch, they should begin to use it in early winter. This allows their immune system enough time to build up strength to fight allergies.
3. Know what a cold is
Cold and allergy symptoms are similar in many ways. Both often involve sneezing, coughing and throat itchiness. There are, however, many differences including the color and type of nasal drainage produced. Allergies produce clear and watery substances while colds produces matter that is thicker and more yellow.
4. Understand genetics
Just because parents have allergies, it doesn't necessarily mean that their kids will too. However, according to WedMD, genetics do play some sort of role. According to the site, if neither parent has allergies, there's a 15 percent chance their child will develop them. If a single parent has allergies, there's a 50 percent chance their children will have them as well. That number jumps to 75 percent if both parents suffer from allergies.
Along with genetics, we should also point out that people can develop allergies at any age. More so, the age a parent develops their allergy symptoms has no bearing on the age their child might develop them.
