Should I talk to my doctor about my environmental allergy symptoms?
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Contact your doctor if you think you have environmental allergies. Your general practitioner may see you or refer you to an allergist. Doctors have several methods to diagnose allergies. Once there is a diagnosis, your doctor may prescribe medicine and suggest everyday changes to help ease your symptoms.
Contact your doctor if you think you have environmental allergies. Your general practitioner may see you or refer you to an allergist. Doctors have several methods to diagnose allergies. Once there is a diagnosis, your doctor may prescribe medicine... More -
Dr. Larry Chiaramonte answered:You should talk to your doctor about any allergy symptoms. With luck he or she will refer you to a certified allergist who will take a comprehensive medical history, which will include questions about your environment at home, work, and all points in between. This will include things like water damage, which may point towards mold, the kind of vegetation you commonly encounter at various times of year, your housekeeping habits, which might indicate the presence of mice and other vermin, the kind of heating system at home or elsewhere, which might be very dusty or mouse-dropping infested at the start of the heating season, and so on.
You should talk to your doctor about any allergy symptoms. With luck he or she will refer you to a certified allergist who will take a comprehensive medical history, which will include questions about your environment at home, work, and all points... More
