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Your nose is stuffy. Your eyes are swollen. Your throat is sore, and your senses of smell and taste are shot. It’s your seasonal allergies — they’re acting up again, and your antihistamines aren’t cutting it.
Allergy immunotherapy injections, or allergy shots, can reduce your allergic sensitivity, and thus your allergic symptoms, to certain substances, including airborne and insect allergens. In some cases, they can cause a reduction in your sensitivity and symptoms that sticks around for years after you stop the shots themselves. But they certainly aren’t for all forms of allergies, or for all allergy sufferers. With that in mind, here’s how allergy shots work, and how to tell if they might make sense for you.
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