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Creates with a specific allergist, may not be the best one to go to with your particular problem. obviously it is not an exact science, not every doctor is catching onto this, but it is becoming a bit of a trend. >> interesting. alison kosik live from new york stock exchange. thank you. still ahead in the newsroom, his head down, charges numbering in the hundreds. the cleveland man accused of holding girls hostage for years enters a plea. er to play, stay active, and enjoy the outdoors. and for the last four summers, coca-cola has asked america to choose its favorite park through our coca-co...

Oversize them. the reason is the pollen is in your eyes and hair and nooks and crannies, keep it off you by wearing protective gear and a wide brim hat and sunglasses will do just that. i also love the idea of taking a shower with a shampoo late at night. i know a lot of folks don't do this, but when you're walking around all day long, the pollen sticks to the parts of your body the stickiest. your hair is unfortunately the most likely culprit. so when you shampoo your hair, you wash that pollen off otherwise it deposits on the pillow, your head on the pillow and your eyes are swollen when you...

Temperatures or hot temperatures -- >> could it be psycho somatic. a lot of people who don't want to exercise say i'm allergic. >> this is completely different. it is a rare condition. in the allergy community we see people with a variety of unusual things. it's important to understand exercise can be a trigger for an allergic reaction in a small number of people. >>gretchen: if you're increasing your heart rate, that sends off some sort of histamine in your body? >> exercise or food is normally a harmless thing but now the immune system doesn't like it and thinks food or exercise may be dange...

You should consider allergy shots if you have a bad version of it. but you need an allergist to do it and they need to do it in the right way. >> it is called immunotherapy. if you don't have allergies as a child you don't have to worry you won't get allergies? >> that is fiction. you can get allergies with either one food something around the house. people that move. people that change what's going on in their bedroom they change their sheets, comforters they tend to pick up dust allergies they can get allergies to mites. you can get allergies as you go along. >> if you have them as a kid the...

This is a nation spray. >> gregg: how about the saline to wash out? >> i think that's the first step because it just clears your passages. >> heather: okay. >> the next step would be a spray. >> gregg: you don't want to get addicted to it, right? you don't want to overdo it. >> there are certain ones that can be addicting. so you want to choose with your physician. it's a simple way to boost the effect of the antihistamines you are taking. >> heather: eye drops? >> that's a favorite. when your eyes are itchy, that makes you feel horrible. the eye drops can really help with the other medication...