FACT: Short-haired pets are not any better for your allergies. It is the dander and other particles that animals’ skin produces that causes people’s reaction, so it does not matter the length of hair.

FICTION: Desert environments ease allergy symptoms caused by pollen. The desert has its own set of tress and grasses such as mesquite trees and sage, which also produce pollen.

FICTION: If you don’t have allergies as a child, you won’t get them as an adult. Allergies can develop at any time in life, although children with allergies are more likely to have them as adults, too.

FACT: Only a relatively few foods cause the majority of allergies. Eight foods—milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, wheat, soy, peanuts, and treenuts—cause the majority of allergies.

FACT: Dust mites, a common trigger of year-round allergies, are microscopic living things. These organisms are founds thought the home.

FICTION: A severe cold can develop into long-term allergies if the cold is not treated properly. Although colds and allergies may have similar symptoms, colds do not turn into allergies.