Dog-sitting for my mother for 6 weeks - 2 week in I realize I'm allergic...
Here in the northeast it's starting allergy season. I thought that's what my allergies were even though I never remembered them being this bad until today when I brushed out the dog. Talk about congestion and watery eyes. Almost instantly worse.
I have 4 more weeks of watching my mom's dog... What do I do?
I have had allergies many years and here's what I would do.
A couple of tips that may help: If the dog spends time out of doors, it probably has lots of pollen in its fur. Find a volunteer to brush the dog if you can. Second: Find some local bee pollen and eat just a nugget or two.If you get a big reaction or really itchy throat, stop. Other wise slowly increase amount to 1/2 teaspoon. Lastly increase water intake which is a multi-level approach. If you drink a lot of water in a short amount of time, it will tend to go through you,make you pee a lot and help flush out pollen. Sipping a little every 5 or 10 minutes will hydrate you and it helps to keep you from peeing all the time. Try both of these methods through out the day. And a very effective detox from the ayurvedic tradition (ancient to present India ) is to sip hot water every 10 to 15 minutes throughout the day. This is by far the most difficult. Sourcing hot water on a schedule but really works and removes other toxins also. Best of health to you.
Thank you, I appreciate the kind words.
Mentored at an impressionable age by spiritual masters, I am balanced vibrations = nice. Went to steemlab but fail to understand proper protocol and the how to. When I have more time I'll hang there for a while and figure it out.
Thanks very much for the advise. Its a little guy dog, in the house most of the time. I'm really pretty confident that it's the dog himself, not the pollen/dust on him.
I work construction and we're all over the place and my allergies are never as bad as currently inside my own house.
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