Howdy all!!! I have extremely annoying pollen allergies that come up out of absolutely fucking nowhere, and so I’ve had to get myself a little bit of a regimen to help lessen the awful symptoms I get lol. I thought I’d share because it’s pretty damn foolproof, and I always feel better after. These are in no particular order, but think logically about what order you’re doing things in so you aren’t stirring up more pollen after you’ve cleaned yourself up.
• change into clean clothes
(Pollen likes to live on your fabrics. The sooner you get the fabrics off and in quarantine the better you’ll feel.)
(Self explanatory. Gets the pollen off your body and hair, and opens up your airways and drains sinuses. Good stuff!)
• wash your face with cold water
(This is already a great tip for resetting your body, look up mammalian dive reflex. My fav coping strat. anyways get any pollen residue away from your face holes!!)
• change your bedsheets, or at least your pillow
(Pollen likes fabrics. If it settles in the one that’s right by your face and body for several hours a day you will not have a good time.)
• shut the windows in your house
(Self explanatory. Also don’t go outside.)
• invest in an air filter, or DIY one out of a box fan and a dust filter
(To make a DIY filter, tape the filter to the back of the fan. Air it intakes will be cycled through and come out clean)
• mask up!!! pollen can’t fit thru fabric or any sort of medical mask!!! genuinely I’ll wear it around the house
(Self explanatory. Love masks)
(Flo-nase does this cool thing where it constricts your nose’s blood vessels to the point that large pollen particles can’t fit and just get flushed out without triggering an allergic reaction!love that stuff)
• have one room in the house where windows are never open so there’s a “safe room” from any pollen
(mine is my bedroom! All of my clothes get taken off and put in the bin the second I step in the door, and my bed is on the other side of the room)
(If your animal goes outside they’re picking up pollen too. Give your dog a bath or at least a really good brushing before letting it inside)
(Water helps clear your throat and also helps replenish the fluids you’re losing from post nasal drip.)
• Avoid fruits, especially unwashed ones
(Fruits especially need pollen to grow. They can have pollen residue in or on them. Always wash your fruit!!!!!!)
• silently get mad at tree sexism
(this is a real thing. It makes me furious and it is the genuine reason pollen allergies suck the way they do)