If you are a local Doylestown resident who is one of the nearly 40 million Americans-that's 25% of the total population- who suffer from asthma and other allergies, everyday life can be miserable.  A walk in the park, a play date with your dog or cat, a shellfish stew, or even a tiny peanut can cause such undesirable experiences as itchy eyes, a runny nose, sneezing or a skin rash.

However, sometimes a person's allergic reactions can go from just plain irritating to dangerous and life-threatening as the air passageway constricts and breathing becomes a problem.  This progression of symptoms can frequently produce a state of panic.

Unhappily, if you are one of the many people who suffers from chronic allergies, it may even seem to you, on occasion, that your environment is quite inhospitable and alien!

You may question why it is that other people appear to be so unaffected by the environment, while your body reacts, or rather overreacts to it.  It's a valid question.  Allergic responses are caused by a hyperactive immune system that "freaks out" when confronted with commonplace foods and other products such as pollen, dust, dander, shellfish or nuts.

Have you been wondering if a chiropractor can help with your allergies?  The fact is that many people have experienced relief from their allergy symptoms after receiving a chiropractic treatment.  The reason why, however, may surprise you because chiroprators don't actually treat allergies.  The reason for this is because chiropractic manipulation affects the complete nervous system, including the autoimmune system.  When there is an impedance in the nervous system, along with other problems, the autoimmune system, whose job it is to assist us in adapting and responding appropriately to our environment, can become under-active or overactive.  The problem is the latter when it comes to your allergies.  Because chiropractic manipulations lessen or remove disturbances in the nervous system and bring the body back into balance and harmony, the treatments provide that same balance and harmony to the auto-immune system as well. A healthy immune system reacts appropriately to supposed allergens in the environment.

So, there you go, the "mystery" is solved: A chiropractor doesn't treat allergies and asthma, per se, but your allergy symptoms will likely respond, nonetheless. You could say, instead, that relief from your allergies is simply the by-product of a well-adjusted nervous system.  Make an appointment, today, to see a chiropractor and get back into harmony with your environment.