I"m pretty lucky when it comes to allergies. Most of mine are to grasses, oak trees and such. At times certain dog and or cats may cause my nose to run and I get dripping and cough a lot but a benadryl or such usually takes care of it. And I never get really bad to where it affects my daily living. My mom had tons of allergies, foods, bees everything, It too never stopped her and she carried a epi shot in her later years as with her her throat would close and she couldn't breathe . I look back now and wonder how she did the things she did, we always had the things she was allergic too and somehow we all made it thru. My one brother has really bad hay fever, yet he has a farm and bales hay himself. My dad and another sibling were lucky and have no allergies.. Two of my nieces were bless to have them pretty bad too. I think allergies are really weird and affect each person differently, which may be why its so hard for some to control.