Increased Allergies

A number of women experienced increased allergies as part of their menopause symptoms. For these women, they were able to adapt to their allergies symptoms but find it more challenging in dealing with them especially when it is intensified by menopause. Hormonal imbalance is usually the cause of these increase allergies as it can cause your immunity levels to drop making the body more susceptible to your allergy.

Anxiety, depression, insomnia, hot flashes and other menopause symptoms can really push your mental stress level through the ceiling. When this happens, you will lose energy and physically weak that will cause your body to shutdown. It then reduces the immune system effectiveness in fighting off allergens causing you to experience an increased allergies effect.

The first step in managing your increased allergies is to identify the things that trigger them. You would probably know its triggers especially if you had experience it before you enter menopause but some only realized that they have allergies when menopause intensified the symptoms making it more noticeable to you.

Some of the common allergy triggers are pollen, dust mites and mold. You can try to avoid contact with these substances by staying indoors, frequent dusting and clean often. You should also consider wearing dust mask to protect yourself from airborne particles that can trigger your allergy especially in low air quality environment. Change your clothes and wash yourself after you return home to remove unwanted substances that may be on your clothing or body.

Treatment for increased allergies is usually targeted to its specific symptoms but you can try to give your body a boost by taking supplements and vitamins. Vitamin C for example is beneficial in fighting allergies and has also anti-stress properties. In addition, Vitamin C also helps in reducing the other menopause symptoms like hot flashes and vaginal dryness. Regular exercises, eating right and healthy lifestyle are also important aspect in avoiding allergy symptoms.

There are also antihistamine drugs that can block histamine, a substance that is released by the body when it is in contact with allergens. Although it is effective in dealing with air borne allergies, it should also be used for severe cases as it can cause side effects such as sedation and loss of concentration as well as making other menopause symptoms to get worse.

You should also assess whether to focus your treatment to fight your increased allergies or put more effort in dealing with the major menopause symptoms that you may have. You may find that your allergy problem goes away when the other symptoms are dealt with. Hormone therapy treatment (HRT) or alternative herbal remedies like black cohosh, ginseng and dong quai are among popular options. There are also other natural treatments that are specially formulated to deal with air borne related allergies.

It must be stressed out that you must discuss your increased allergies symptoms with your doctor. Seek his/her opinion first before starting any therapy or remedies.