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Avoiding allergens is the oldest allergy management strategy and remains an essential strategy in all allergic diseases. Avoiding food allergens, although difficult, is usually an achievable goal. 

With inhaled allergens, complete allergen avoidance is extremely difficult but with care you can significantly reduce exposure enough to improve your symptoms and make your drug treatment more effective. However, this requires total commitment; just going “half way” will probably do little good. 

Remember that avoidance of inhaled allergens won’t lead to a complete resolution of symptoms but nonetheless it should be a significant part of your overall management plan. 

Below you will find some useful advice on how to avoid some common allergens.