It's cedar fever time again in South Texas. Mountain cedar pollen erupts from the trees and is spread all over the region, leading to cedar allergy sufferers experiencing symptoms that include congestion, irritated eyes, coughing, sneezing, and throat irritation. As the name "cedar fever" suggests, some also will run a low-grade fever due to the major inflammatory response their bodies generate in reaction to the high pollen levels. Cedar fever symptoms can range from mild to severe, and in susceptible individuals can make life pretty miserable with little to no relief from conventional treatments.
Mountain cedar season, which typically lasts from December through February in Austin, San Antonio, and the Texas Hill Country, is probably the worst time of year for anyone with allergies. Not only does cedar pollen trigger strong allergic reactions, but it is produced in such huge quantities in this area, that the pollen simply overpowers most allergy remedies, so cedar fever symptoms can be very difficult to control.
Local news shows love to demonstrate the high cedar pollen release by sending a crew out to show someone shaking a mountain cedar branch to release the inevitable cloud of pollen. The fine, dust-like pollen is easily blown off the trees and carried all over the area by the high winds that are typical of this time of year. There is so much pollen produced that cedar may actually go above the levels recorded on allergen counts and begin to show up as an air pollutant. With this quantity of pollen, there's no surprise that this causes severe symptoms for allergy sufferers.
While there is no escaping the massive quantities of cedar pollen, except perhaps to live in a plastic bubble, there now is a method for alleviating allergies that works fast and is incredibly effective in most cases. This technique is rather strange, but for those who experience it, it's nothing short of magical.
Basically, it is possible to stimulate the body's acupuncture meridians in a very specific way - without needles, I might add - to desensitize the body to cedar fever and thereby eliminate symptoms. There are a few variations of this approach, but they all use some type of acupuncture/acupressure stimulation to re-set the body to not react to cedar pollen (or other allergens depending on what the individual is being desensitized to). In my office, I use what is called "cold" laser to stimulate the acupuncture points, and it allows for fast treatment that is completely painless. In fact, other than the laser wand touching the points, there is no sensation at all, which makes it a very patient-friendly, even to young children.
The effects of the desensitization work very fast - usually within 24 hours. Better yet, the effects are long-lasting. In most cases, only a single desensitization procedure is needed to get through the entire season in which mountain cedar fever symptoms are prevalent, and for many people the effects last for several seasons to come. In other words, in most cases a single desensitization procedure will last for at least a few years without any "boosters" or any other ongoing treatment!
Most who undergo this type of allergy desensitization find that their cedar fever symptoms become a thing of the past.
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