Seasonal Allergies: Causes and Symptoms
Don’t let seasonal allergies hold you back
Allergy season is different for everyone. That’s because different kinds of outdoor allergens — or irritants — get distributed into the air year-round.
You can be allergic to a wide variety of substances – including pollen, animal dander, mold and dust mites.1
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Minimize seasonal allergies
Here are some tips to minimize seasonal allergies5
Stay indoors when the pollen count is high.
Keep windows closed.
Use an air conditioner.
Save outdoor activities for late afternoon.
Avoid gardening when your allergies are active.
Wear a face mask, when you work outdoors.
Keep pollen out of your eyes with wraparound glasses.
Keep grass cut short.
Remove pollen from your skin and hair by rinsing after being outside.
Wash or brush your pets after they’ve been outside.
Telfast® can help relieve seasonal allergies
Telfast® helps you live your best life by relieving many common seasonal allergy symptoms. If you experience sneezing, runny nose, itchy, watery eyes or an itchy nose or throat, nasal congestion, or swelling of nasal passages, Telfast® products can help. Now you can live with relief — during any season.⁶
Telfast is a non-sedating⁶, Over the Counter (OTC) antihistamine medications, allergist-recommended oral second generation/less sedating antihistamines for patients with Allergic Rhinitis and primary complaints of sneezing and itching.⁷
Not used in children less than 2 years
Recommended Reading
1. Cleveland clinic, Allergy review, Available at: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/8610-allergy-overview ;last accessed:29/3/2022.
2. American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, Mold Allergy, Available at: https://www.aaaai.org/Conditions-Treatments/allergies/mold-allergy ;last accessed:29/3/2022.
3. Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Allergy symptoms.Available at: https://www.aafa.org/allergy-symptoms/ ; last accessed: 29/3/2022.
4. Find an allergist find relief, Pollen allergies, Available at: https://acaai.org/allergies/allergic-conditions/pollen-allergies/ : last acceseed;29/3/2022. https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/article/what-triggers-seasonal-allergies
5. NIH Medline Plus, What triggers seasonal allergies? Available at: https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/article/what-triggers-seasonal-allergies ;last accessed:29/3/2022.
6. Ministry of Health, Telfast approved leaflet, approval date 29/11/2018.
7. Clinical Practice Guideline: Allergic Rhinitis 2015, Available at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0194599814561600 ; last accessed:20/4/2022.
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