Holiday Asthma Triggers: Christmas trees
Thanksgiving is over, and it's time for the holidays. My friends are posting picture perfect Instagram pics of their family at the Christmas tree lots. And we are pulling out our carefully packaged Christmas tree from the storeroom. Sigh. No pesky needles to sweep up and no fresh pine trees to cause allergies and an asthma attack. We are a family of 5, and all 5 of us have allergies – to everything. Trees, grass, flowers, bushes, cats, dogs, horses – basically anything that is alive. And that includes Christmas trees. It’s not that we haven’t tried to treat our allergies. Not only do I buy allergy medicine and allergy nose spray in bulk at the warehouse store, but we have all completed allergy shots. My youngest is in college and is actually repeated her allergy shots now. In fact, she set the record for the allergy clinic for the most vials of serum needed for one patient! She gets 6 shots each time (3 in each...