Did you know that mild dehydration can be responsible for common aches and pains? Dehydration affects the body in many ways: one of them is through the connective tissues, responsible for the structure of other tissues and organs, as well as the transfer of nutrients within the body.

During allergy season we commonly see people come in with symptoms such as itching, runny nose, wheezing, watery or itchy eyes, head congestion etc. These symptoms are our body's way of communicating to us that it is working to defend itself from substances that should be seen as harmless to the body. Substances such as pollen, weeds and grasses commonly trigger an allergic response in susceptible people during spring and fall. An allergic reaction to pollen begins in the immune system; it causes an increase in histamine circulating in the body beginning the common allergy symptoms mentioned above.