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The Season to Sneeze
Fall Allergy Tips
By Keath Castelloe Low
Kristie Buckley of Hart, Mich., has a 3-year-old son who was recently diagnosed with seasonal allergies. "We first noticed his symptoms when he was just shy 
of 2 years old," she says. "He started with night coughing, and I worried he might have asthma, but then he started to get a runny nose. I took him to the doctor." Buckley's son was placed on medication, which was successful in managing the more severe symptoms.
Dr. Mitchell R. Lester is an allergist and immunologist with Fairfield County Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Associates in Connecticut and a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Allergy and Immunology. He explains that families all have differing thresholds for tolerance of symptoms. "Certainly, if the symptoms interfere with quality of life – trouble getting to or falling asleep, mouth breathing, chronic cough, difficulty chewing with the mouth closed or even complaints of it bothering him," see a doctor, Dr. Lester says. He notes that chronic or recurrent ear or sinus infections, chronic and recurrent coughs or wheeze suggestive of asthma should always be evaluated. Your child's treatment will often start with your pediatrician, who will refer you to a pediatric allergist if additional evaluation and treatment is needed.
