How to reduce the effect of pollen on health?

« For people with allergies at this time of year, it is especially important to take measures to relieve the symptoms of allergy. We encourage us to use our recommendations and to monitor the concentration of allergic pollen in the air using a free mobile app. Currently, intensive flowering birches are the highest risk of allergy, ”said Gabija Bulotaitė, head of the Health Promotion Center at the Institute of Hygiene.

How to reduce the effect of pollen on health?

1. Limit the presence in the field during maximum pollen concentration:

– Avoid visiting parks, gardens, areas with a lot of vegetation.

– stay indoors at noon and afternoon hours.

– Give up motorcycles, bikes, scooters.

– Close windows while driving by car.

2. Prepare properly before you leave outside:

– Apply nasal ointment or wear a protective face mask before leaving outside.

– Stay outdoors with sunglasses.

– When leaving home, remember to take your doctor’s anti -allergies medication.

3. Keep clean -up after returning from the field:

– Change clothes every day, wash them more often, do not dry them outdoors.

– Returning from the field you will wash your face and hands, as far as possible – take a shower and remove your hair.

– If you keep your pets, comb them after a walk outdoors before bringing home.

4. Ventilate the premises properly:

– Ventilate the premises in the morning – from fourth to six o’clock, when pollen concentrations in the air are the lowest.

Institute of Hygiene Health Promotion Center info

The Institute of Hygiene is conducting the monitoring of the activities of the Lithuanian population’s health and health care institutions and performs the assessment of health inequalities and healthcare technologies. The Institute also works in mental health promotion, health training and disease prevention, health care professionals’ competencies and additional and alternative health care.