- When it’s dry and windy, stay indoors. This will help reduce your exposure to allergy triggers. The best time to head outside is after it rains. A good period of rain helps clear the pollen from the air.
- Avoid hanging your laundry outside. Pollen can stick to your sheets or clothes.
- When working outside, wear a pollen mask.
- Listen or watch out for high pollen forecasts. If it’s forecasted to have a high pollen count, start taking your anti-histamine medications even before your symptoms appear.
- Pollen count is usually the highest in the morning, so avoid outdoor activities until later in the day.
- Take a shower as soon as you get home. This is a good way of ridding pollen and other allergens that you bring in with you from outside.
- Try herbal drops. Popping a natural herbal throat drop can help ease an irritating cough or scratchy throat.
- Rinse it out. You can use a rinse kit or a neti pot. A nasal rinse can help in cleaning the mucus from the nose and ease some of the allergy symptoms.
- Stay hydrated. If you feel stuffy, staying hydrated can help you feel better. The extra fluid can thin the mucus in the nasal passages.
