Natural allergy control products, such as dust mite encasements, hypoallergenic bedding and allergy air purifiers offer safer allergy relief than most allergy medicines.
According to the Erie Times-News, diphenhydramine can be a dangerous drug, especially for the elderly.
Diphenhydramine, marketed under the name Benadryl, is an anti-histamine that is found in most over-the-counter allergy medications. The drug, found in more than 80 anti-allergy and/or sleep aid products, has been found to cause delirium in the elderly and is rumored to be linked to early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, though more research is needed to find the validity of the latter hypothesis.
According to the Erie Times-News, “Older adults are strongly advised to check with their primary-care physicians before taking products containing the ingredient, as delirium and reduced cognitive skills have been reported.”
The drug is not necessarily considered unsafe. Like all drugs, it simply carries a risk with it, and a registered physician can easily offer advice on how to use it. But it is always better to avoid using a drug if possible.
Allergy relief can easily be offered through natural allergy control products, which can help you avoid the issue of diphenhydramine altogether.
Anti-histamines are used primary to reduce inflammation caused by allergens such as mold spores and dust mites. The best step, obviously, is to avoid the inflammation in the first place. Especially now that, as we reported, allergenic inflammation has been linked to acute sinusitis.
One great way to reduce allergens reaching you is dust mite encasements. This is even more important come wintertime, as dust mites tend to migrate indoors even more in the winter.
And a central vacuum system is another great way to keep the house free from everything that might make your life just a little bit harder.
The most important thing to remember when seeking allergy relief is to use these natural allergy control products in a very systematic and consistent way. If you have a nice vacuum or dehumidifier but never actually use them–or use them once a month then store them back in the closet–then you’re not going to experience much in the way of allergy relief, and you’ll be flooding your system with diphenhydramine soon enough.
So make sure you keep all of your products in fine condition, and be on the offensive against allergens! We know it can be a pain, but this is a battle you can easily win. So make sure you fight it with all you got, and you’ll be fine.
And remember, the elderly should check with a physician before consuming diphenhydramine.
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