Allergies happen when a person’s immune system comes into contact with certain allergens and reacts in excess, causing discomfort, pain, and in some cases, death. This is alarming since most allergens are harmless substances like food, fur, and flower pollens that are all too common everywhere. However, as medical science advances further, barriers have been broken and medical breakthroughs in allergy medication have been made.

Such medical breakthroughs for allergy medication program include the now popular allergy shot, a treatment that desensitizes the body’s immune system from allergens. However, there are several “breakthroughs” that seem to be effective in treating allergies, though most, if not all, lack the scientific grounds to establish themselves as legitimate medical discoveries.

Allergic reaction happens when a certain part of the human body (skin, nasal airway, etc.) comes into contact with allergens, which are pretty much harmless (such as cat’s hair or a certain kind of food) to a normal person. When contact is made, the immune system reacts excessively, which often causes irritation, discomfort and in some cases — as stated before — death.

Allergy shots are widely used by people suffering from common allergies. However, treatment with allergy shots is a long and slow process and it involves a lot of needles. Although allergy shots is the most preferred form of allergic medication by most allergy-prone persons, a new product has surfaced that may make allergy shots a thing of the past.

In Europe, Dr. Ronald Dahl of Aarhus University in Denmark proposed that an anti-allergy tablet known as Grazax is a less painful yet effective alternative to allergy shots.

Manufactured by ALK-Abello, Grazax is administered as an under-the-tongue allergy drop. The tablet, once taken, quickly dissolves and gets absorbed by the body. Grazax is specifically designed to treat people who are allergic to grass pollen, a common type of allergen in Europe. Grass pollen is known to cause allergic rhinitis and conjunctivitis in adults.

Already granted distribution in Sweden, ALK-Abello is currently seeking to have the other European countries allow the marketing of the revolutionary drug within their borders.

Though most doctors and experts are skeptical about the latest trend in treating allergies, many people have testified to the efficiency and benefits laser treatment brings to allergy sufferers.

Laserscope, a leading provider of laser-generating machines, have been tapped by several allergy experts to help them in vaporizing certain nasal tissues to alleviate the symptoms of allergies such as runny and clogged nose.

Another option for allergy treatment is immunotherapy through allergy drops