Why Do Different Allergy Medications Work On Different People?

An example of what I’m asking would be why does Claritin not work on a patient (me) when Zyrtec (which acts on the exact same H1 histamine receptors) successfully clears the allergies?

Pet Allergy? Can Someone With A Pet Allergy Be Okay If You Put The Pet In A Different Room?

Here’s the deal: I love pets and I’m not allergic to most of them, but a few family members are allergic to anything with fur or feathers, which is why we’ve *never* had a pet besides a few fish and a hermit crab. I want a hamster since that’s the smallest furry pet I can [...]

Is It Normal For Allergy Tests To Give Different Answers?

Hi, At the age of 25, I think I am suddenly allergic to coconut. I’m basing this on an experience I had after eating a raw, baby coconut (that was the only thing I had to eat). My lips swelled, mouth tingled, and throat started to swell shut before I went to the ER – [...]

Other Than Allergy Medicine And Moving To A Different City, Is Their Any Way To Get Rid Of Hay Fever?

Every morning when I wake up, my nose is stuffed. I have trouble breathing, at least until I take my allergy medicine? What would you recommend I do?

Why Do My Pollen Allergies Start At Different Times?

Last year my spring allergies started pretty much the first day of the season (Northern NJ, bad place for tree pollen). This year, they barely started in mid April at the beginning of the season and stayed pretty low key until today, May 10th, and all of a sudden they are disastrous. How come my [...]