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If you suffer from a Ragweed Allergy, you're familiar with the runny nose, itchy eyes, sneezing and misery that it can cause. But there is something you can do about it. In this article, you'll learn exactly how Ragweed affects your body to cause you misery and how to lessen or even eliminate the effects of this infamous weed. Ragweed plants grow throughout the United States, but are most common in the Eastern part of the country and the Midwest. Each Ragweed plant can release up to 1 BILLION grains of pollen in a season. It is these tiny grains of pollen that interact with your immune system and make it think that your body is under attack from a harmful invader, similar to the reaction your body has to a virus or bacteria - even though Ragweed isn't actually dangerous. This over-reaction from your body is what causes massive amounts of histamine and other chemicals to be released and causes the familiar Ragweed Allergy symptoms (runny nose, watery eyes, itching, sneezing, etc.). So in fact,your allergies are caused by your body simply being "over protective". Now what can you do about it? Unfortunately, there's no cure at the moment for Ragweed Allergies, but there are things you can do to reduce or eliminate your Ragweed Allergy symptoms. First, you should obviously reduce your contact with Ragweed pollen. The less contact you have with pollen, the less severe your allergies are likely to be. This means stay aware of the daily pollen counts in your area. Your local news may mention pollen counts along with the weather, but if not you can just Google "pollen counts" for your local area. If you see that the Ragweed pollen is especially high on a particlar day, you can try to arrange your activities so that you're not outside during the times of day with the heaviest pollen. At the same time, reducing your exposure isn't always possible, due to work and social committments that require you to be outside. In this case, you can tryanti-histamine medications, many of which are available at your local pharmacy or supermarket. As a last resort if allergy medications don't seem to be working well, you can turn toimmunotherapy, where you visit the doctor on a periodic basis to get "allergy shots", which gradually train your body to tolerate Ragweed pollen so that it eventually doesn't react to it at all, andyour allegies disappear. Some other methods that some people report have brought them allergy relief areeating apples(apples contain a chemical called Quercetin, along with other substances, which can have a natural anti-allergy effect),drinking coffee, and evenhypnotherapy.
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