When you have allergies, your body releases histamine whenever you come in contact with something you’re allergic to. The histamine response can cause respiratory symptoms, itching of the skin and eyes, redness, swelling and a runny nose. It can also produce a cough.

Everyone who struggles with allergies has triggers that will alert that histamine response. This response is your first warning sign that you’ve come in contact with something your body doesn’t like. Continue reading →

Whenever your eye gets red, looks swollen and has a discharge, you might automatically assume that you have regular conjunctivitis, which is also commonly called pink eye. However, there are differences between pink eye and allergic conjunctivitis.

With pink eye, there’s a bacteria present that’s causing the symptoms and pink eye is highly contagious. With allergic conjunctivitis, there’s no worry about it being contagious. Continue reading →