Adults with allergies sometimes tough it out, if they know their allergy 
season is limited or if they feel they can handle the sniffles and runny 
eyes. But you can't take that same attitude with a child.

Your Kids
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Their Allergies

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Their respiratory allergies can lead to chronic conditions, 
which for kids can mean ear infections, asthma, or altered 
facial structure caused by constant mouth-breathing. 

Allergies can also make it hard for your child to concentrate, 
to perform well academically and athletically, and to socialize.

If avoiding the allergen doesn't reduce your child's symptoms enough for her 
to be comfortable, discuss with your doctor how the following medications 
might help her cope.

• Allergy shots. If medicines and staying clear of allergens are not enough, 
  immunotherapy regimes exist for ragweed, grass pollens, dust mites, 
  some molds, and cat and dog dander.
  
  As with common childhood-disease vaccines, an allergist injects minute 
  quantities of the allergen your child is sensitive to under his skin, which 
  helps the immune system become desensitized to it. Your child will have 
  to go to the allergist at least once a week in the beginning, and then once 
  a month for several years after that.
  
  Children younger than age 5 generally don't get allergy shots, since many 
  allergists fear their immune systems aren't strong enough to withstand the 
  introduction of an allergen. But older children are good candidates for the 
  treatment, and the best results for allergy shots are generally in the age 5 
  to 25 age group.
  
  

Read more about kids and allergies in the PlanetRx.com Health eCenter for Allergies.

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