Just like your dental health, avoiding allergies is important.
Your body depends on your immunity to keep you as healthy and as functional as possible.
Keeping your immune system at a healthy level means a lessened potential for suffering from both minor and major dental-related infections, diseases, and other conditions in the future.
Here’s how you can survive allergy season:
#1 Keep your home nice and tidy.
A messy home is likely to contain pollen, dust, and allergens, especially if you don’t frequently dust your home. Homes with indoor/outdoor pets are also sure to have a higher level of allergens in their home sure to make you sick. Vacuuming and dusting are especially important during allergy season, especially on your ceiling fans and on your bed’s headboard.
#2 Eat healthily and exercise.
Besides avoiding allergens at all costs, it’s vital to boost your immunity. Eating healthy and choosing to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, exercising more often, and even taking vitamins and supplements helpful in keeping our immunity strong is vital. These simple life changes will significantly help your body fight off the seasonal discomforts nobody likes to experience.
#3 Improve the air quality in your home.
Especially for those with allergen sensitivities, it’s important to opt for improving the air quality in your home. Shutting your windows and doors rather than leaving them open during the warm spring season is important to prevent pollen from entering your home.
Also, consider purchasing an air purifier or a few to help rid your home of harmful allergens once they’ve already entered. These allergens are so tiny; we can’t even see them! Don’t forget to change your air purifiers’ vents and home air vents every six months or whenever advised.
#4 Shower and wash your hands more often.
Allergens are everywhere, not just in our homes or in the great outdoors! Work, school, the store, and everywhere else you could possibly think of contain these tiny particles.
For this reason, hygiene is more important than ever before during this season. Taking an extra shower during the day and washing your hands after touching carts or other public devices are helpful in reducing your chances of suffering this allergy season.
Consider taking hand sanitizer with you wherever you go, using before eating, after visiting a public place with large amounts of people, or getting in touch with the outdoors. As much as possible, it’s also important to not touch your nose, mouth, or eyes or eat after potentially touching allergens to avoid suffering from allergies. Always wash your hands before doing so! Your body will thank you.
