Environmental Allergies

Hayfever – Are You Prepared?

It looks like we’ve finally hit Spring time – my favorite time of the year especially in Brisbane. Warm days, beautiful blue skies = perfect beach weather! Flowers begin to bloom, trees are finishing pollinating, while grass and weeds are only starting to pollinate.

For some this is a beautiful time of the year, but for others Spring time is the most dreaded!

The increase of pollination combined with the urge to spend more time outside in the sunshine, can trigger those awful hay fever symptoms that you forgot about during Winter.

Spring time is a special time of the year, and shouldn’t be missed by anyone. So if you are a sufferer of hay fever during Spring and Summer, than right now is a good time to start putting in some preventative measures so that you don’t suffer for the rest of the year.

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Post Nasal Drip – Causes and Treatment

Is your nose constantly dripping? Perhaps you can feel something running down the back of your throat.

Are you familiar with that constant ‘eh hem’ sound you make whilst you clear your throat of mucus?

Constant coughing and chest infections can be caused from excessive dripping of mucus down the throat. Yep mucus is a great breeding ground for infections!

If you have the above symptoms, you may have what is termed ‘post nasal drip.’
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Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome Part Two – Underlying Causes and Treatment

There are many underlying causative factors that could have initiated your sensitivity to low amounts of chemicals in your environment.

You may genetically have a poor capacity to detoxify certain chemicals – 50% of the population have this genetic tendency towards slow detoxification of chemicals. If you do not have a family history, it is still very possible to develop MCS in our modern environment.

Over exposure to large amounts of chemicals could have triggered your MCS, even viruses or severe stress can leave your immune system hypersensitive to its environment.

Often nutritional deficiencies caused from a poor diet, gastrointestinal inflammation and excess alcohol intake can greatly deplete the body of specific nutrients essential for adequate detoxification – causing more and more chemical/food sensitivities.

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Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome Part One – Symptoms and Triggers

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) is also known as Environmental Sensitivity and is a condition that is exactly that – a hypersensitivity to low levels of chemicals found in your environment.

This condition is relatively new and is a direct result of the toxic world we live in. We are surrounded by all sorts of chemicals from the polluted air we breathe, the pesticide rich vegetable and fruits we eat, to the cleaning products we use in our homes.
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Common Environmental Allergy Symptoms

Environmental allergies whether it is to pollen, mould or cockroaches can all produce very similar symptoms often making it difficult to pin point exactly what it is you are sneezing at.

Before you start hunting around for cockroaches, you should check out what symptoms can occur from each environmental allergy so that you can figure out exactly what it is you’re allergic to.

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Why Am I Allergic To The Environment?

Environmental allergies have a lot to do with what is going on in your internal environment including your immune system and your digestive system. If you are constantly exposed to chemicals, and pollutants which are compounded by a poor diet, genetic predisposition and stress it can make your internal environment absolute chaos!

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The Sad Truth About Environmental Allergies

Allergies to substances in nature and in your environment (e.g. house) can make everyday life a very unpleasant and uncomfortable experience. Playing sport with itchy eyes, or pockets full of tissue paper can be an absolute nightmare! (more…)