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Managing allergy > Allergen avoidance
How can you avoid allergens in the work place?
If your disease is caused by an allergen present in your work place
it is essential to reduce exposure to the offending substance in
parallel with following the treatment recommended by your doctor.
Tip: if the treatment recommended by your doctor
doesn’t seem to work, be sure that you are completely avoiding
contact with the substance responsible for your problems before
blaming the drugs. Once you have become sensitized to a substance,
even exposure to minute amounts of it can provoke your symptoms.
Changing your job completely would be the
best solution for your disease but, if this is not possible, even
moving to a different department can be helpful. If you cannot
change either the job or the department you should avoid going to
work while your symptoms are present. Consult an allergist and
follow the recommended treatment for as long as instructed.Tip: allergy to work place allergens is life long.
Therefore if you have succeeded to treat your disease successfully,
don’t consider returning to the working environment that caused
your problems, it is certain that your symptoms will return.