Posts Tagged ‘allergy season’

Everyone is telling me that both of my children (5 and 1) could have allergies. They both have had several "colds" within the last few months and they always get it at the same time. I don’t have allergies myself, but I always assumed that you would have allergy symptoms throughout the entire allergy season. But am I wrong? Do the symptoms come and go?

For the past 7 years I have had seasonal allergies: watery ich eyes, sneezing, the works. I would always use Flonase, but this year I was perscribed Nasonex (you know, the commercial with the bee). Anyways, I started using it at the beginning of this allergy season but soon discovered that I wasnt having my normal symptoms anymore, so I stopped taking the nasal spray.
But for the past month I have developed a constant mucus cough. I always get coughing fits when I lie down to sleep or when I laugh, and I start to wheeze. This happens about 3-4 times a day and I’m not sure if it’s my allergies, a cold, or something worse. I feel fine so I dont think it’s a cold. At first Tylonol Cold helped, but not so much anymore. Coffee seems to make it stop now. But I’m not experiencing the normal watery eyes and sneezing. It’s only coughing, which lasts about half and hour sometimes. Should I be worried or is this just my allergies developing furthur?
When I say I wheeze, I mean as I’m breathing at normal pase, you can hear the mucus rattling. Not like Im short of breath or anything. So I dont quite think it’s asthma. But how would I know for sure, right? =) Let me know what you all think!