Allergies????

D. many times the allergies aren't seasonal they are often food sensitivities causing this problem especially to dairy and wheat and that's why those meds don't help. It's much better to know the cause of the allergies then just giving the child meds to try to stop the symptom. I know a chiro/fuctional medicine doc who works with kids with allergies with food sensitivities and has wonderfull sucess. Her name is Dr. Ridley her number is ###-###-#### she's in Hurst.

First, DFW is a BAD allergy area. We have asthma/allergies... but when we moved here from MD, it wsa a horrible year. We are still adjusting.
In our house, one of the biggest things is construction dust. We are in a new neighborhood, and I have to dust almost daily.
We are on the hunt for local honey. I was told by a homeopath that eating a tsp of locally grown honey per day will help naturally build up a resistance to local allergens (plant that is).
We have a great pediatric allergist, Dr. Trembley. He is part of Cooks CHildrens. Anyway, my son is allergic to grass and cedars... amongst a few other things.
We have him on a regime... and most of the time it works, but it isn't fail-safe.
GOOD LUCK!

Have you visited an allergist here? The Dallas area is horrible for allergies to begin with. On top of that we are having a rotten fall and winter with pollen counts being high.

My children have horrible allergies and asthma. They receive allergy shots. This has truly helped them. I honestly have noticed an improvement in both kids.

It may help to change up his allergy medications. We reassess my kids' medications every six months with the allergist to find the lowest dose and the fewest meds.

AS someone else mentioned, DFW is one of the worst places in the country for allergies, because there's virtually something year round. I get an email every weekday from a local allergy doctor and right now Fungus and Mountain Cedar have been in the moderate range. I have lots of allergies and even the low range causes symptoms. You definitely need to see an allergist and consider getting the allergy shots. Another thing to consider is the NAET approach for allergy elimination. You can do it through an accupuncturist, who doesn't have to use needles for kids this age - they just use accupressure. I've done it for many of my basic food allergies, but just haven't gotten to most of the airborne allergens yet. Also, you should be following the basics for allergies at home:
- washing bedding in hot water weekly (dust mites are one of the worst allergens for most folks)
- have HEPA air filters in your home
- keep windows closed at nite (the allergen level peaks in the early morning hours)
- ideally, minimize carpet and draperies (my house is all tile with only vertical blinds on the windows)
- if you have carpet, vaccuum regularly with a HEPA filtered vaccuum
- put a high quality filter on your AC/heating system

Dallas is bad and Sept to Feb is bad for alot suffering from allergies. Maybe allergy shots would help. Go to an allergist to get him tested and then they can do shots.

Also, nasal sprays like Nasonex (prescription) really help prevent allergies.

I'm a big believer in steaming or rinsing the sinuses too. It helps alot. If you can get him to rinse hs nose out in the shower that's the easiest... you just need a bulb syringe and water with a tablespoon of salt (like 8oz of water to a tblsp of salt) and squirt it in the nose. Check out the youtube link to see how it's done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zYLvSMAprg