Well, this isn't a recipe, but is a topic important to health!
As a chronic allergy sufferer, I have tried my share of allergy remedies: decongestants, antihistamines, teas, cayenne pepper snuff, saline nose rinses, etc. Today I'm enjoying a stuffy nose and sore throat, compliments of the furniture-moving, cleaning, and flying dust that went on yesterday (bi-products of a fruitless attempt to find a lost library book). Anyway, obviously avoiding allergens is key to avoiding allergies. But when you're deathly allergic to dust, yet too lazy to routinely clean house, allergies happen. So here is some advice if you ever find yourself starting to get that "plugged up, post-nasal drip sore throat, on my way to a sinus infection" feeling:
*Drinking lots of fluid is key. If you let your body dry out, your mucus will gum up in your sinuses, and become lodged and prone to infection (so gross).
*If you've been taking antihistamines, stop! Doctors that I've talked to have told me that antihistamines like diphenhydramine (Benadryl) or loratadine (Claritin) will make it harder for your body to clear out the infected mucus (they cause the vessels to constrict, and dry out mucus, so again with the gummed-up effect).
*Take a plain decongestant, something with pseudoephedrine or phenylephrine. Many of these drugs are controlled now (darn meth-heads), so you have to buy them at the pharmacy counter, but it's well worth it.
*Also take an expectorant called guaifenesin (generically marketed at "mucus relief"). This will help thin the mucus and help you to cough it up (again, gross but effective). You might be able to find something that has both a decongestant and expectorant in it. Just make sure there's nothing else thrown in there (my personal favorites are the cough syrups that have both an expectorant AND cough suppressant...sooo, it's supposed to help you cough up the junk but suppress your cough at the same time...stay away from these, they're a waste of money).
*Try other things that will help clear out the sinuses, like hot/warm drinks or soup, spicy food, steam, and nasal flushes (like using a neti pot).
*Do the above, take it easy, obviously try to avoid the allergen, and wait it out. I know for me and many others, if you don't catch the symptoms early, full-blown sinus infections are frequent visitors. Good luck, and stay healthy!
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