If your child has a cold longer than a week or two or develops a cold at the same time every year, contact your doctor. If the area swells or becomes itchy in 15 to 30 minutes, your child may be allergic to that specific substance. The best way to treat an allergy is to identify the substance a child is allergic to and help him or her avoid these substances . Other treatments include medication from a doctor or weekly injections. While spring and summer is the time of the year when your child spends the most time outdoors, it is also when pollen levels reach their peak.
Pollen is a fine powder produced by flowers, trees, grass and weeds.
In plants, pollen plays an important part in reproduction. In humans, it is the dominant cause of hay fever. Pollen allergy is one of the most common chronic diseases in the United States. Pollen levels are highest on warm, dry, breezy days, especially early in the morning and late in the evening. Don't dry your child's clothes or sheets outside The type of pollen your child is allergic to determines when they will develop symptoms.