Did you know that approximately 1 in 5 Dutch people suffer from an inhalation allergy? Think of hay fever, where pollen makes your nose turn upside down or the allergens that house dust mites spread.
Such an allergy occurs because your immune system overreacts to these allergens. Your body sees them as intruders and sounds the alarm, causing the mucous membranes in your nose, throat and airways to become inflamed.
The result? A blocked nose from too much mucus, difficulty breathing due to swollen nasal mucosa and sensitive airways that can cause coughing or shortness of breath. For people with both an inhalant allergy and asthma, the symptoms can be even more severe.
And it doesn't stop at physical complaints: poor sleep due to a blocked nose causes fatigue during the day, making it harder to concentrate. Some people even avoid certain places to avoid getting sick.
Fortunately, there are several ways to reduce these complaints. An effective approach combines the removal, protection and prevention of allergens.
For an effective approach, combine three aids: NasoFree , RhinoBlock and Cara C'air . These three products complement each other and help keep your allergy symptoms under control. Together, these three help keep your allergy symptoms under control. Together, they form an effective combination against respiratory allergies.
We explain how you should proceed in a step-by-step plan and support this explanation with short videos by pediatric allergist Monique Gorissen and ENT specialist Ward Videler.
What is NasoFree?
The NasoFree nasal irrigator is a soft squeeze bottle containing a saltwater solution that helps rinse away allergens such as pollen and dust mites from your nose.
Why a nasal douche?
How do you use a nasal douche?
Read the detailed instructions here
Video 1: Using a nasal douche effectively for allergies
Monique Gorissen explains how the nasal douche helps protect and restore your nasal mucosa. She discusses how often, at what times and for which allergies you use the nasal douche.
Video 2: How the nasal douche works explained
In this video, Monique explains what happens in your nose when you are sensitive to allergies. She then shows what the nasal douche looks like and explains how to use it.
Video 3: Medication and the nasal douche
How can you best combine medication in nasal sprays with a nasal douche? ENT specialist Ward Videler gives practical tips.
What is RhinoBlock?
RhinoBlock is a nasal ointment based on white Vaseline and honey. It forms a protective barrier on the nasal mucosa, which prevents new allergens from penetrating as quickly.
Why a nasal ointment?
How do you use a nasal ointment?
Use several times a day as needed.
Read the detailed instructions here
The video below explains exactly how the nasal ointment forms a protective layer in the nose and thus keeps allergens out.
Where RhinoBlock helps protect your nasal mucosa from floating allergens, Cara C'air anti-allergy covers help keep your sleeping environment free of dust mites, so you no longer encounter any allergens at all. This helps you effectively control your allergy both during the day and at night.
What is Cara C'air?
Cara C'air consists of a range of allergen-proof covers for mattresses, pillows and duvets. These covers prevent dust mite excrement from penetrating the bedding and ending up in the air of your bedroom. In this way, they help to reduce allergy symptoms.
Why a protective cover?
How do you use the protective covers?
In the video below we show how the anti-allergy covers from Cara C'air prevent dust mites.
The combination of the NasoFree nasal douche, RhinoBlock nasal ointment and Cara C'air anti-allergy covers helps you keep allergy symptoms under better control both at night and during the day.
If you suffer from persistent allergy symptoms and are not sure what exactly you are allergic to, you can have an inhalation screening or a Phadiatop test done. These tests measure specific IgE antibodies in the blood and help detect inhalation allergies such as hay fever, house dust mite and animal allergies.
Want to know more about what goes on behind the tip of your nose? We have another educational video for you.
Video 4: Ward Videler on the anatomy of the nose
Ward Videler, ENT specialist, takes you through the anatomy of the nose. He explains which nasal cavities there are, how many exactly and how they react to allergens.
