5 ways to prevent allergic rhinitis when changing seasons

Avoid contact with allergens, wear masks, do not keep dogs and cats, clean pillows, do not smoke and eat allergy foods.

Doctor Tran Van Thi, Head of Respiratory Department of Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, said that he often appears in the elderly, due to the hypersensitive mucosa of pathogens. The disease is not life-threatening but affects life, otherwise timely treatment will turn to bronchial allergy, bronchial asthma. People who are susceptible to disease are susceptible, working in polluted environments.

People with sensitive sites, working in polluted environments are prone to allergic rhinitis at the time of transition.

Symptoms of allergic rhinitis

1. Stuffy nose, sneezing, runny nose. In children, there are also symptoms such as abdominal distention, diarrhea.
2. Headache, feeling buzzing and full of ears.
3. Dry cough, sore throat and prolonged sputum.
4. Loss of smell, loss of taste.
5. Itching, redness, lacrimation, deep edema of the eyelid, eye irritation, eye pain.
6. Feels like people who have colds for a long time.
7. The nasal cavity sees pale mucous, edema of the nose with small purple patches.

How to prevent allergic rhinitis

1. Avoid contact with allergens such as dust in the home as well as on the road, avoid contact with animal hair, flowers with a fragrant or many chalk, strange smells, cigarette smoke.
2. When going out or cleaning the house, wear a mask.
3. Do not keep dogs and cats in the house, especially if the family has someone with allergies.
4. Periodic cleaning of blankets, sheets, pillows, cushions, upholstery and upholstery should be done to limit the survival and growth of some parasites.
5. Quit smoking, pipe tobacco and should not eat food that has identified or suspected to cause allergic rhinitis such as shrimp, crabs, snails.