Children in school with untreated allergies experience the effects that can take a toll on school learning. National Institutes of Health, published, allergies account for 2 million missed school days per year, and 10,000 children are absent from school because of allergies on any given day.

Although most of us experience some type of allergies, the physical symptoms of allergies experienced by children (itchy palate, runny nose, sneezing, watery eyes) can cause children to have decreased ability to concentrate, fatigue, irritability, limited attention spans, and cognitive impairment, all of which can compromise a child’s performance ability in school.
Allergies from air pollen alone can affect learning and school performance. Not to mention, prescribed treatments for allergies, which can further intensify the unfavorable effects of allergies on a child’s learn performance in school.

For example, prescribed medications such as Zyrtec for treating allergies make children drowsy, other over-the-counter antihistamine present the same side effects and can make it more difficult for a child to stay alert and focused in school.

Furthermore, the chest and nasal congestion associated with allergies often times make it unbearably difficult for children to get a good night’s sleep, leaving them tired and unable to concentrate and perform academically in the classroom. The adverse effects of untreated and mistreated allergies on school performance obviously under-emphasize the importance of proper treatment.

Children have a very distinctive way of describing their perceptions and, including allergic reactions. Valuable time is lost when parents, teacher, and adults in general do not instantaneously recognize an allergy reaction is occurring or if perhaps they do not understand what the children might be telling them when experiencing a reaction.

Facts about Children in School with Allergies

• Allergies affect up to 40 percent of our children in America.
• Allergies are more predominate in the first born or oldest child in a family.
• Research has confirmed that boys are at a higher risk for allergies than girls are. However, as children approach adulthood the number of women and men who experience allergies in about the same.
• Children with a parent or both parents having allergies are at greater risk of having allergies.
• Most of the time children experience their first symptoms of allergies during childhood.

The good news is that with recent advances in nutraceutical medicine, there is a safe and effective way to help treat indoor and outdoor allergies without taking prescription medications that are associated with side effects. Children can begin to focus and retain the studies teachers are teaching and participate in extra circular activities without experiencing sleepiness.

Sneezing, water eyes that tickle in the back of the throat can be a thing of the past.