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Treatment Options

There are numerous steps you can take to help control or treat your allergies and your asthma.

Avoidance

  • Avoiding what you are allergic to can dramatically reduce your symptoms

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Medications

  • If completely avoiding your allergen is not possible, taking antihistamines, Cetrizine / Zyrtec®, Fexofenidine / Allergra®, Loratadine / Claritin®, may effectively reduce your symptoms. 

  • Using a nasal spray or a sinus rinse may also be effective in decreasing your allergy symptoms.​

    • To learn how to use your sinus rinse, click here.​

  • Using an inhaler can help to lessen your asthmatic episodes

  • You may also be prescribed a Nebulizer® to help with your asthma

    • To learn how to use your Nebulizer​®, click here

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Treatments

  • Allergy shots are another possibility that can treat you for what you are allergic to!

  • Allergy drops are one other option to treat your allergies​

  • We offer allergy tablets as another choice to treat your allergies

  • We can also desensitize you to a drug you are allergic to!

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There is also the option to do an oral challenge to foods, drugs, and aspirin. If you have sensitization to aspirin, we can desensitize you to this drug.

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*Credit for videos goes to National Jewish Health. (National Jewish Health. National Jewish Health, www.nationaljewish.org/health-insights/multimedia. Accessed 02 December 2016.)

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