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April Showers, May Flowers – and Allergies
How to Beat the Springtime Sniffles
By Tamar K. Weiss
As Cynthia, a mother of four, says, until she realized that her son, Elliot, was suffering from allergies, she was beside herself trying to figure out why he was always hoarse and complaining of cold symptoms and headaches. Elliot, a veritable baseball addict, suffered to the extent that he preferred lying down, almost comatose, to running bases. Yet shortly after he began allergy treatment, the whole family noticed a significant improvement in his well-being. Most important to him, he says, "I was able to play ball again."
"Asthma can interfere with a child's growth, as can any chronic illness," says Dr. Herbert Krantman, a pediatric allergist and immunologist and member of the AAAAI. "Asthmatic children may also be smaller because they expend so much energy just in an effort to breathe, but these are generally children who are not receiving proper medical care."
Judah, a father of two young children, had infrequent bouts of asthma as a child, but he and his parents did not realize it was asthma at the time. As his difficulty breathing would usually subside after a short period of time, they did not mention it to the doctor. Yet as an adult, Judah's asthma became very difficult to handle and control, and eventually he was referred to an allergist.
As it turned out, Judah was allergic to trees, weeds, grasses and more. "My test results made it seem like I was allergic to everything but water," he says. He received allergy shots on a regular basis and used an inhaler when he had difficulty breathing.
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