Severe allergy outbreak

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Starts off everyday the same. Running nose, itchy mouth (soft palate), itchy skin (neck and arms), itchy runny eyes, severe runny nose/ blocked nostrals.

I work outside nearly everyday and today spiked my allergies really bad. I had my itchy eye and it puffed up like no other. I can hardly see and its red, swollen, and very liquidy. I currently take normal Claritin. My coworker suggested i take Zrytec with suddafed, or take Zrytec D.

What is anyones suggestions? Do i see a doctor and get a shot, or switch over to a different medicine.

My allergies are Spring/Summer/Fall seasonal. Maybe even all year round, but winter only brings on runny nose sometimes.

I believe i am allergic to dust, dead skin, pet dander/fur, grass/pollen. Which all seem to be normal airborn allergens.

What should I do?
 
This is a bad allergy year everywhere, it seems.

Drugs is one way to do it.

You might try flushing your sinuses once a day with a neti pot.

You might also try acupuncture. I'm having acupuncture done for my back but she simultaneously treats my allergies and I have basically been allergy free since my second acupuncture treatment, while before I had been having sinus drip and a sore throat for a month. My fiance is suffering badly from allergies right now, and I usually am worse than him, but due to the acupuncture I am not having any problems to speak of this year.
 
I've found Claritin does nothing for me. Zyrtec seems to work better, although it took a few days to start working.

Also, I keep the windows closed at home and run the air conditioning. When I get home, I shower, change and put my pollen-covered clothing in the laundry--not in the bedroom.

If the congestion is really bad, there are nasal sprays or eye drops that treat the symptoms just in that area. You can get a prescription from a doctor.

Allergy shots may be an option, but they take a year or more to start working.
 
Take a Zyrtec D twice a day, and make an apointment with your doctor to ask about a steroid nasal spray

After a week or so on the nasal steroid, you might be able to stop the Zyrtec D and go back to regular Zyrtec. BTW, Costco sell a bottle of 300 generic Zyrtec for about $16 - its an allergy sufferers best friend!
 
You really should see an allergist for testing and injections. Seems like you pretty much have year round allergies that would benefit from them.
 
I would take the Zrytec and Sudafed every day until I felt better, then just the Zrytec every day. Get an allergy eye drop to use every day. Go see an ENT for allergy testing. Try rinsing your nose out with saline solution (ask your drugstore) every day before work. That will rinse all the pollen, dust, and immune complexes out that are irritating your nose. Cover your mattress with a plastic matress cover to protect from dust mite allergens. Get any cats in your family new homes. Keep your windows closed and run the air when at home. Good luck. Don't ever quit fighting.
 
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