How to prevent (dust mite) allergy attack after strenuous exercise?
If you’re lucky enough to be in control of what triggers your allergy attacks, then you can absolutely stop it from happening by taking an anti-histamine about half an hour ahead of time. I was very anti-anti-histamine when I was younger because the antihistamines that were available at the time made me feel like a zombie. The newer antihistamines don’t seem to have that effect. I personally prefer Cetirizine, which gets wrapped up in a pretty package and called Reactine. It’s technically a ‘slightly drowsy’ anti-histamine, so if you’re really sensitive to that sort of thing, you might want to try Allegra or Claritin instead. And don’t get drawn in by the brand name packages. The much cheaper drugstore brand packages have exactly the same medication in them.
When I’m in the midst of a “can’t stop sneezing can’t stop sneezing can’t stop sneezing” allergy attack, a lozenge works wonders. For whatever reason, sucking on it seems to arrest the sneeze mechanism for me. That coupled with allergy pills in advance and a shower immediately after you stop exercising (to rinse any allergens from your face, eyes, and nasal passages) should do a lot towards lessening these allergic reactions.
