{"id":14398,"date":"2016-02-20T18:19:24","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T01:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.accessrx.com\/blog\/?p=14398"},"modified":"2014-02-20T18:19:24","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T01:19:24","slug":"how-to-fight-winter-allergies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edrugstore.com\/blog\/allergy-relief\/how-to-fight-winter-allergies\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fight Winter Allergies"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re feeling a bit under the weather this month, it might be your winter allergies. Don’t be fooled, allergies aren’t just a problem in the summer. You might get stuffy after mowing your lawn in the summer, but you can feel just as “icky” after spending a few months cooped up in your home, where allergens are building up.<\/p>\n

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What should you worry about during winter?<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the winter, most of the allergies that you\u2019re going to suffer from are going to be indoor allergies \u2014 mold, cockroaches, dust mites and animal dander,\u201d Joan Lehach, M.D., an allergist and clinical immunologist with a focus on integrative medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in New York, told weather.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you feel like you’ve got a cold that you just can’t kick, it’s probably allergies. If your symptoms stick around for more than nine days, you should talk with a doctor, Lehach says.<\/p>\n

Ways to keep winter allergies under control<\/strong><\/p>\n