How Important Is Resting When It Comes To Getting Over Seasonal Allergies?

Question

Maybe i will get an answer this time?

Do you need more sleep and more rest when trying to get over seasonal allergies or does it not matter, since you aren't really sick?

Answer 1

Rest is always important to feel well. I take daily Alavert and it does not make me drowsy and I get great relief. Just let it melt under your tongue once a day.

Answer 2

Resting will not help you get over the allergies. The only thing that helps is the pollen count going down. However, you may need more rest if you cannot get enough sleep at night because of hayfever.
The only way to really get over the allergies is desensitation shots. These do work, but they take several years.

Answer 3

Seasonal Allergies can take the Wind Out of your Sails ...

Even.. Mild to Severe Allergies can contribute to Chronic Fatique ( See Below Article ).

"Rest" will perhaps ReCharge your Batteries... it will however have really No Effect on " Getting Over Rid " of your allergies.

As an added note, many allergy Med's do make you tired .. other's "Try not to.." make you tired.

If your allergies have compromised your Quality of Life to the Extent that you want to " Say NO To your Allergies " ...

Visit your Physician for an Allergy Blood Test to identify What / & to What Extent you are Allergic...
Then consider Allergy ImmunoTherapy in traditinal Weekly Injection of Under-the-Tongue DROPs ..which will Neutral;ize your Allergies at the Disease Source..
Producing Lasting, If Not Lifetime Allergy Relief.

Good Health


Diagnosing Chronic Fatigue? Check For Sinusitis"

A new study published in the August 2003 of the Archives of Internal Medicine demonstrates a possible link between unexplained Chronic Fatigue and Sinusitis, two conditions previously not associated with each other. Also newly noted was a relationship between sinusitis and unexplained body pain.

These findings offer new hope to patients lacking a diagnosis and treatment for fatigue and pain. Sinus disease is seldom considered as a cause of unexplained chronic fatigue or pain, despite recent ear, nose, and throat (otolaryngology) studies documenting significant fatigue and pain in patients with sinusitis and dramatic improvement after sinus surgery. A Harvard study showed that fatigue and pain scores of sinusitis patients were similar or worse than a group 20 years older with congestive heart failure, lung disease, or back pain. "Chronic fatigue is a condition that frustrates both doctors and their patients since treatments directed at just the symptoms without knowing the cause are typically ineffective," said Alexander C. Chester, M.D., clinical professor of medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center and principal investigator of the pilot study. "While sinusitis will not be the answer for everyone who comes to an internist with unexplained fatigue or pain, this study does suggest that it should be considered as part of a patient's medical evaluation." Through his private internal medicine practice, Chester questioned 297 patients, noting unexplained chronic fatigue in 22%, unexplained chronic pain in 11%, and both in 9%. While these numbers are consistent with previous studies, Chester observed an unusual connection between patients with chronic pain or fatigue: prevalent sinus symptoms. Sinus symptoms were nine times more common on average in patients with unexplained chronic fatigue than the control group, and six times more common in patients with unexplained chronic pain. In addition, sinus symptoms were more common in patients with unexplained fatigue than in patients with fatigue explained by a mental or physical illness, suggesting the syndrome of unexplained fatigue is more closely associated with sinusitis than are other types of fatigue. The CDC approximates that sinusitis affects 32 million Americans. Rates are highest among women and people living in the South. Women comprised 46% of the participants in this study, but represented 60% of the group with fatigue, predominance also noted in most prior studies. 15 out of the 65 patients in Chester's study met criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a severe form of unexplained chronic fatigue associated with body pains and other symptoms. Most CFS patients had sinus symptoms and many noted a sudden onset of their illness, similar to people with sinusitis. "We clearly need to do more research to see if sinus treatments alleviate fatigue and pain. This study does, however, offer hope for possible help in the future." said Chester. SOURCE: Georgetown University Medical Center.