Allergic Rhinitis Results From Multiple Causes

Every spring, Brian takes few hours to admire the tulips in his garden. However, every time he goes out to tiptoe among the tulips, he comes down with an awful case of hay fever. And every year, he is not really sure of the cause.

Allergies seldom travel alone
Could Brian's allergic rhinitis be caused by tulip pollen? Brian had been testing at the doctor's office and found that he was only slightly allergic to tulips, but maybe standing in an entire garden of tulips was just too much.

Could Brian's allergies be caused by trees blooming at the same as the tulips? Or molds growing on leaves that spent much of the winter underneath the snow? Or maybe the shoes he kept in a damp closet all winter before he decided to take his tiptoe through the tulip beds were shedding fungi that made Brian sneeze, wheeze, and tear.

Every environment is rich in multiple sources of allergens
The simple fact is, most allergic rhinitis have multiple causes. We inhale pollen from different kinds of plants at the same time. We inhale dander form our own pets, but also from any of the neighbors' pets with whom our pets interact during the day. We inhale fumes from our household care products, but also from our neighbor's household care products, and the products used at work, school, and the places we go for community events.

Allergic rhinitis symptoms are caused by allergic load.
The reality of multiple causes for allergy symptoms has caused some doctors to describe the triggers for allergy attacks in terms of allergic load. A person's allergic load is the total of airborne allergens, food allergens, and other toxins in the environment that generate symptoms that tell you something is wrong.

How high or low your personal allergic load may be depends on your general state of health, your genetics, your consumption of antioxidants from plant foods, and your use of medications. But most allergies are like the last straw that broke the camel's back. If you could remove just one allergy trigger from your life, you just might not have symptoms next time. Or you might find a novel and effective non-drug way to reduce your sensitivity to allergens without changing your environment.

Acupressure is one way to change your allergic load
In a study conducted at the School of Nursing at Chung Gong University in Taiwan, researchers found that acupressure treatments eliminated nearly 95 per cent of symptoms in clinical trial participants who suffered allergies and asthma. A review of 92 studies by the World Health Organization found that acupressure was as effective as prescription medication for relieving short-term symptoms and more effective than any other natural or conventional therapy for relieving long-term symptoms.

But what about cost? Does acupressure require trips to yet another expensive specialist?

Is there any way to do acupressure at home?
Providing just the right amount of pressure in just the right places. Acupressure nose massager extends the benefits of antihistamines, herbs, and good housekeeping. With the daily application of nose massage, you may get control over your allergy symptoms for good, without drugs, without shots, and without making major changes in your life.