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Allergy Shots?!
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I was just offered that through my allergist. She has the same office as my ENT and I saw both Drs., but the allergist would peform it if I had it done. I was allergic to dust mites and cockroaches. ewww. Not "too allregic", I think she was really reaching for something since they couldn't figure out where my cough was coming from.
Anyway, she told me it would take months or years(?) of treatment and I declined until further notice. Frankly, I don't have that kind of time, for starters.
If I was really bad, I might consider it.
Anyway, she told me it would take months or years(?) of treatment and I declined until further notice. Frankly, I don't have that kind of time, for starters.
If I was really bad, I might consider it.
gonelifting said:
Yep, I was told 6 months before I would notice a difference. It was explained to me but 5 seconds in my eyes glazed over but there are different methods. I had one - gave up and was recommended this other.
My allergies are severe and to damn never everything so admittedly I'm desparate. (imagine having a head cold all year round)
dunno.
Bah.
I guess I could just move back to the city..
eat big said:
Yeah,I'd try stuff like that first. If that doesn't work, I would certainly do the allergy shots thing. I can't live like that all the time. I'd try and "fix it". Go for it Velvett.
I used to have horrible allergies when I was young. The doc did that paint-roller-of-needles on my back to test for all the stuff I was allergic to. As I've gotten older, they've mostly subsided. I used Tavist (a Rx back then, OTC now) for probably a good decade... if I seem to be having problems with allergies nowadays, I'll still use it. There's many different new allergy meds out, but Tavist has always worked for me, so I continue to use it. Unfortunetly, it's getting rather hard to come by (they might be discontinuing it; I'm not sure).
monopoly19
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I tried going for the shot treatment when I was much younger with little success.
Now, every year for the past 10 years I have gotten a cortisone shot when spring starts. They work GREAT, and I don't have to take anything else. It's getting harder and harder to get docs to use this however, as they consider it a "steroid". I tell anyone with serious allergy probs to try and get one. Good luck!
Monopoly
Now, every year for the past 10 years I have gotten a cortisone shot when spring starts. They work GREAT, and I don't have to take anything else. It's getting harder and harder to get docs to use this however, as they consider it a "steroid". I tell anyone with serious allergy probs to try and get one. Good luck!
Monopoly
digimon7068
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two shots, twice a week, for like ten years. . .i am allergic to grass, trees, pretty much everything green. . .i still get seasonal allergies but they're much less severe. . .my eyes used to swell shut. . .i'm not sure if the allergy shots helped or if i just kind of "grew out of it". . .
Hmm.
I started taking Zyrtec-d again about a month ago after a few years off and after I wasn't able to sleep anymore so for a few hours a day I can breathe through my nose (YAY!). Quality of life definitely up a few notches.
I never had problems as child, in fact I did not have any signs of allergies until I was about 30. Doesn't make any sense to me frankly - other than it's the same time I move from concrete jungle to farm vista.
AAP - symptoms - watery red eyes, sneezing, constant congestion, facial swelling and my voice has become really nasally. I had a CT scan done of my sinuses but I don't have the results back yet. Oh and a deviated septum that the ENT thinks I really need to have fixed sooner or later. Hell, if I were a toy I'd be returned for breakage.
I dunno.
I'm going to wait for the CT results, so the ENT and then decide - the worst thing that could happen is that I try it again and stop again.
I don't how one person could be this broken.
I started taking Zyrtec-d again about a month ago after a few years off and after I wasn't able to sleep anymore so for a few hours a day I can breathe through my nose (YAY!). Quality of life definitely up a few notches.
I never had problems as child, in fact I did not have any signs of allergies until I was about 30. Doesn't make any sense to me frankly - other than it's the same time I move from concrete jungle to farm vista.
AAP - symptoms - watery red eyes, sneezing, constant congestion, facial swelling and my voice has become really nasally. I had a CT scan done of my sinuses but I don't have the results back yet. Oh and a deviated septum that the ENT thinks I really need to have fixed sooner or later. Hell, if I were a toy I'd be returned for breakage.
I dunno.
I'm going to wait for the CT results, so the ENT and then decide - the worst thing that could happen is that I try it again and stop again.
I don't how one person could be this broken.
T
The Shadow
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Get ZICAM Nasal Relief spray for the nose....it has an alow vera base so it will NOT dry the membranes out.
Its a FANASTIC product - the BEST OTC product I have ever tried.
Its a FANASTIC product - the BEST OTC product I have ever tried.
The theory behind them is sound... But I don't know if they have ever shown them to be really effective (Since they don't say YES they are effective, I am sure there is more than enough doubt)
I used to get them for bee stings when I was a kid. But it didn't hurt. Mainly cause I am such a toughguy (jk)
I used to get them for bee stings when I was a kid. But it didn't hurt. Mainly cause I am such a toughguy (jk)
T
The Shadow
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velvett said:
Yep..trust me on this one.
Get it.
Snort it.
Wait 10 minutes then post about how great it is
All I know is they said that the original idea was to induce an IgG response to basically out compete the IgE response...medical said:
They really aren't mentioning it at all in medclasses right now except that that was the original theory... And they aren't saying it is effective or not.
If they have shown it to be complete BS for sure, why is it still being done?
gjohnson5
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This is the problem with your viewpoint. The point behind immunotherapy is to find a dosage which does not induce response. That dosage is based on one skin prick reaction. Once that dosage is found you slightly decrease the dilution of the antigen. So you keep uping the dosage IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THAT DOSAGE.
So your viewpoint is not based on anything currently practiced
So your viewpoint is not based on anything currently practiced
medical said:
gjohnson5
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Anyway the standard immunotherapy which is generally covered on isurance and "bestowed" ok by the AMA did nothing for me.
The enviornmentalists (homeopathic doctors) have better metodologies and therefore better results. But because thier practices are not labeled as OK by the AMA so many of them tend to get attacked and closed by the gov't...
The enviornmentalists (homeopathic doctors) have better metodologies and therefore better results. But because thier practices are not labeled as OK by the AMA so many of them tend to get attacked and closed by the gov't...
Here is your solution :
I did allergy shots for 2 years - Nothing.
I did sprays - nothing.
I did every damn drug in the world Rx'd to me - claritin, etc.. - nothing.
Then someone told me about the little blue pill. No, not viagra. It is chlortrimeton 4 hour. I think I spelled it right. It is little round and blue. He said take that and nothing else. Don't get the 8 hour. Get the 4 hour. Blue = good.
Now you take it immediately before you go to bed. I mean, you are in bed, covers pulled up and you swallow the pill and turn out the light. None of this take and then stay up a while shit.
Do that and I GURANTEE it will work. My allergies used to be so bad I actually had a doctors note to miss weeks of school at a time and be home schooled because my allergies wrecked me that badly.
I did allergy shots for 2 years - Nothing.
I did sprays - nothing.
I did every damn drug in the world Rx'd to me - claritin, etc.. - nothing.
Then someone told me about the little blue pill. No, not viagra. It is chlortrimeton 4 hour. I think I spelled it right. It is little round and blue. He said take that and nothing else. Don't get the 8 hour. Get the 4 hour. Blue = good.
Now you take it immediately before you go to bed. I mean, you are in bed, covers pulled up and you swallow the pill and turn out the light. None of this take and then stay up a while shit.
Do that and I GURANTEE it will work. My allergies used to be so bad I actually had a doctors note to miss weeks of school at a time and be home schooled because my allergies wrecked me that badly.
J
jenscats5
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Got allergy shots for close to 10 years.....no problems with them other than a little swelling at the site.....finally the allergist said that more shots won't help and I stopped getting them and am basically fine now....take allegra as needed.....
Yeah, did that - started over two years ago.jon79 said:
I already know about the food allergies - eliminated that problem already.
Great suggestion though, most people don't know that what you put in your is the cause most problems.
I can't control the outside allergies unless I never leave the house and never open the windows.
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