I got an allergy screening and came away with a long list of allergies,: cat dander, various tree pollens, some grasses, and dust mites. So what I thought were just seasonal allergies included some year-round allergies as well.
I use a combination of strategies:
- Daily use of Claritin and a nasal spray for general symptom reduction
- Covers for my pillows and mattress to combat dust mites
- Allergy shots for several years to try to acclimate my immune system
- Avoid cats; I can visit them but not for long, and I don't sleep in a house that has them.
- Avoid pollens: we use the air conditioning year-round, though I still go outside to walk the dog or garden.
- Long-term asthma control med, and rescue inhaler, to avoid or treat allergy-triggered asthma attacks