| Somewhere around 45 million American are | | | | that can create an allergic reaction is |
| affected by allergies. An allergic reaction is a | | | | methylmethacrylate or MMA, which is used in the |
| response by your immune system to a substance | | | | application of acrylic nails. Dr. Rich advises: |
| it thinks is a harmful allergen. It reacts by releasing | | | | “Although MMA has been banned by many |
| histamines which causes inflammatory reactions | | | | states and the FDA has issued warnings about its |
| involving digestive, skin and/or respiratory | | | | hazards, the substance is still being used in some |
| systems. Always check with your personal | | | | discount salons because it costs so much less |
| healthcare professional on any matter concerning | | | | than the safer acrylate alternatives such as |
| your health. | | | | ethylmethacrylate....If consumers notice a strong |
| 1. More than 35 million Americans suffer from | | | | odor associated with acrylic nail application, MMA is |
| “hay fever,” which is technically | | | | probably being used and that salon should be |
| “allergic rhinitis.” | | | | avoided. Consumers should also report that salon |
| 2. If you suffer, it isn't as easy as moving to | | | | to the state medical board.” |
| another location. | | | | 8. Seasonal allergic conjunctivitis is on the rise. |
| According to the American Academy of Allergy, | | | | If your eyes are itching, burning, red, tearing or |
| Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI), most people | | | | watering, and feel like sand-paper, and your |
| who move develop new allergies to the new stuff | | | | eyelids are swollen, it could be allergic |
| within a year or two. “Moving to another | | | | conjunctivitis. Viral and bacterial conjunctivitis can |
| part of the country to escape allergies is often | | | | produce the same symptoms. Why should you |
| ultimately disappointing, and not | | | | know the difference? Because the treatment is |
| recommended.” | | | | different. One example – if it’s |
| 3. The top 10 “allergy capitals” in the | | | | bacterial, you may be given Neosporin drops, |
| US are … | | | | which (spore=mold) would make your allergic |
| 1. Louisville, KY | | | | symptoms worse! |
| 2. Austin, TX | | | | 9. How do you know if it’s a cold, or |
| 3. St. Louis, MO | | | | allergies? |
| 4. Atlanta, GA | | | | Read the distinction here ([ ) |
| 5. Charlotte, NC | | | | 10. Use a good neutraceutical to bolster your |
| 6. Hartford-New Haven, CT | | | | immune system to help you fight your allergies. |
| 7. Nashville, TN | | | | A product like Arbonne’s DefenseBuilder, or |
| 8. Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville, NC | | | | Get Well Soon Dietary Supplement, scientifically |
| 9. Harrisburg-Lancaster-York, PA | | | | proven to bolster your immune system can help |
| 10. Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo, MI | | | | against the onslaught, and help build you back up |
| Go here | | | | when allergies hit. Go here: . Arbonne also had |
| ([ ) to read the top 50 and how they were | | | | lotions, shaving cream, and cosmetic with pure, |
| ranked. | | | | safe ingredients, important because allergies are |
| 4. Weather influences hay fever symptoms. | | | | cumulative. Emotions also assault your health, so |
| Symptoms are worse when pollen moves around | | | | consider it’s allergy season, you have a |
| - hot, dry and windy weather. When it's rainy, | | | | fight with your wife, eat bacon, and put a bunch |
| cloudy or windless, the pollen doesn't move. | | | | of cheap drugstore lotion on your face and lips. |
| 5. It’s the pollen you can’t see that | | | | Oh my! What you put on your skin gets absorbed |
| does the most damage. | | | | into your blood stream. |
| Pollen are tiny, egg-shaped male cells of flowering | | | | 10. Over 6,000,000 Americans suffer from food |
| plants. How tiny are they? Microscopic. | | | | allergies. |
| 6. Do I have to give up my roses and zinnias? | | | | According to the FoodAllergyInitiative, “each |
| According to the AAAAI, pollens from plants with | | | | year hundreds die from food and allergies and |
| bright flowers are usually okay. It’s the | | | | over 30,000 receive life-saving treatment in |
| trees, grasses and low-growing weeds that have | | | | emergency rooms due to food-induced |
| the small, light dry pollens so easily airborne. | | | | anaphylaxis [difficulty in breathing, heart failure, |
| 7. What about your fingernails? | | | | circulatory collapse and sometimes death].” |
| While cosmetics and salon services are generally | | | | Source: . |
| safe, Dr. Phoebe Rich, American Academy of | | | | Any food can cause allergies, but 90% are |
| Dermatologists, warns of the potential problem of | | | | caused by peanut, shellfish, soy, egg, wheat, fish, |
| allergic reactions. The most common ingredient | | | | milk and treenuts. |