Children’s Allergy Tips For Parents

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Need to know more about managing your child’s allergies? Take a look a Piri Allergy’s children’s allergy tips for parents below to find out more:

 

 

                                                

Pollen count

Flowering field

Check the pollen count on the Piri website to find the pollen count forecast for your area and be prepared.

All the main TV stations also do pollen count forecasts as part of weather during the hay fever season, along with some of the main newspapers.

 

 

 

 

                                                  

Keep indoors

Children playing indoors

The Piri Team knows how hard it is to keep kids indoors during the summer but try and get them to stay indoors when the pollen count is at its highest - often in the evening. Avoid cut grass and keep windows closed in the car if you are going on a journey.

 

 

 

                                                                   

                                             

Carry Antihistamines

Antihistamine tablets

If your child suffers from allergy symptoms, its always worthwhile carrying some antihistamines in your bag or car for when allergies suddenly flare up and there may not be somewhere close by to purchase them.

                                                                    

 

 

 

 

Communicate

Father and daughter talking on a sofa

Talk to your child. Having allergies can be a scary experience for children, so it's really important to keep the lines of communication open. Communicate with your child about why they develop the symptoms. They should also learn the importance of communicating with you when they are experiencing symptoms.

Find out how to avoid allergies in childhood

 

 

 

                                                                                

 

Be Prepared

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For teenagers, summer can bring unwanted pressure around exam time in the form of hay fever. Monitor what time of year they are likely to suffer and remember that there are different pollens that are more prevalent at different times of the year - check out our pollen calendar for more information.

Make sure you and they are prepared with antihistamine tablets in the house and take at the first sign of symptoms and remember to maintain treatment throughout the exam period if they need to.

A non-drowsy option maybe preferable. Always read the label.

 

 

 

Symptom diary

Symptom diary

If your child starts to develop symptoms which you think may be an allergy to something, keep a symptom diary recording the date, time, symptoms and duration, where they had been and what you did to treat it. You can then share this information with your GP or pharmacist.

By informing and talking to the other parents of children your child socialises with, you can help them to become allergy aware. Talking to other people about your child's allergy can help them to understand the impact that allergy can have.