A common question from allergic rhinitis sufferers is: Can I move someplace where my allergies will go away?
Some allergens are tough to escape. Ragweed which affects 75 percent of allergic rhinitis sufferers blankets most of the United States. Less ragweed is found in a band along the West Coast, the southern-most tip of Florida and northern Maine, but it is still present. Even Alaska and Hawaii have a little ragweed. Allergist-immunologists seldom recommend moving to another locale as a cure for allergies. A move may be of questionable value because a person may escape one allergy to ragweed, for example only to develop sensitivity to grasses or other allergens in the new location. Since moving can have a disrupting effect on a family financially and emotionally, relocation should be undertaken only after consultation with an allergist-immunologist.
