How often do you wash your clothes? How often do you shower? Wash your hands? Sanitize the kitchen? The dishes? The kitchen table? Could it be that too much cleaning is behind a growing rate of allergies among Americans?
Allergy rates have steadily increased in the US over the past 20 years, and a theory known as "hygiene hypothesis" is gaining popularity in explaining why.
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If you've been waking up in the mornings with itchy, red eyes, it may be a dust mite allergy. Dr. Nancy Ott talks more about it on the Good Question.
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Allergy Peak season is always coming! Watch the following video from WCCO to find 2 new ways to treat your allergies.
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Watch Dr. Hemalini Mehta Speak on the following video from Channel 12 News.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEEkwIH4t-M
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Dr. Stillerman of Allergy & Asthma Specialists talk with the Star Tribune about how food allergies in children aren't always forever.
"A quarter of Americans believe they have food allergies. But it's only 4 percent for adults, and for children at the heart of the problem who are 1 to 2 years old, it's 6 to 8 percent."
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"The cost savings in hospitalizations, lost productivity from workers that either are sick themselves with heart or lung disease from pollution, or have to stay home with sick kids because their asthma kicks in on a bad air day, it's really a cost-effective piece of legislation," Dr. Richard Bransford said.
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