PEDIATRICIAN QUESTIONS
If you want to talk to your doctor about your child’s allergies, here are some questions you might want to ask. Here is a guide to help prepare for your next pediatrician visit.
Allergy Relief for Kids
Identify Your Child’s Allergy
Knowing exactly what your child is allergic to will help you keep him or her away from allergens. Are their symptoms worse during a specific season? Do they have indoor allergies, outdoor allergies, or both? Visit a pediatrician who can perform an allergy test to determine exactly what your child is allergic to and recommend ways to provide allergy relief.
Talk to Others about Your Child’s Allergies
Between school, playdates, sports and visits to Grandma’s, you can’t always keep an eye on your kid. Talk to everyone who has regular contact with your child about his or her allergies and let them know what they can do to help.
Wash Away Allergens
Kids may not remember to tell you they were exposed to allergy triggers, such as petting their friend’s cat, playing football on a fresh-cut field or rolling in the leaves outside. To help reduce allergen exposure, have them make a habit of changing clothes and bathing when they come home, or at least washing their face and hands.
Keep Track of Allergy Symptoms
Children’s allergy symptoms may include runny nose, sneezing, itchy or watery eyes, and itchy throat. Use the Claritin® symptom tracker to help track your child’s allergy symptoms.
Give a Good Night’s Sleep
Adequate rest is key to helping children feel their best. Allergy symptoms often cause children to feel sleepy during the day yet make it harder to sleep at night. By addressing daytime allergy symptoms and taking steps to reduce indoor allergens in your child’s bedroom, you can help your child stay alert and active.
Have Perspective
Up to forty percent of children in the United States suffer from seasonal allergy symptoms each year. Your child is not alone, and their allergies are likely manageable. Stay calm so they can carry on.
Keep Medicine on Hand
Have non-drowsy allergy medication available for whenever and wherever symptoms strike. Children’s Claritin® Chewables are easy-to-take tablets, and Claritin® RediTabs® for Juniors dissolve in your kid’s mouth without water for children’s allergy relief on the go.
Teach Your Kids about Allergies
Talk openly with your kids about what may trigger allergies, so they know what allergens to look for and avoid. You can start the conversation with young children by reading “Casey and the School Day Sneezes,” a free e-book about child allergies
REFERENCES
Parenting Children with Allergies. Everyday Health. Accessed March 24, 2020.
