Due to its popularity, allergy attracts many myths. Here are some of them:

Myth #1: Cut flowers trigger allergies

While a bouquet of flowers might trigger your allergy, this is isn’t the case with most people. In most cases, the condition is triggered by grasses, pollen, and weeds. When these factors trigger your condition, you are said to be suffering from seasonal allergies, but when you have the symptoms all year round, you have a perennial allergy. Here the symptoms are brought about by allergens such as feathers, mold, dust mites, and animal dander.

Myth #2: Honey prevents the allergies

Many people have said that they observe a reduced sensitivity to allergy after taking honey. Unfortunately, scientists report that there is no proof to back this up. According to the scientists, the people were saying that a reduced sensitivity as a result of belief—the same that happens when patients are given a real drug and a placebo.

Myth #3: Children outgrow all types of allergies

It’s true that allergy symptoms reduce as one gets old but this doesn’t mean that kids outgrow all kinds of allergies. Most children will outgrow eczema and hayfever. They will also outgrow certain food allergies such as milk, eggs, soya, and wheat. This is due to the maturing of the gut or a change in how the immune system responds to the food. In most cases, children won’t outgrow peanut, fish, tree nuts, and seafood allergies.

Myth #4: Hay triggers Hayfever

You should note that hay has nothing to do with hayfever. The condition is one of the spring allergies brought about by tree pollen during the spring season. Grass pollen also causes the condition in late spring and summer, and pollen from weeds causes it in early spring and late autumn.

Myth #5: Absence of allergy as a child means you are allergy-free

There is nothing as wrong as this. While most people have allergies when they are children, allergy doctors report that the condition can come about at any age. You can develop allergies when you move to a new environment or exposed to allergens that you have never been exposed to before.

Conclusion

These are some of the most common allergy myths that you need to be wary of. You should note that some of the allergy symptoms are lethal thus if you are suffering from any form of allergy, you should visit an allergy clinic as soon as possible and have the condition checked.