Catch flue very often? Super reactive to smells, perfumes, dust, flour? Ate rice and had a swollen face along with sneezing that just never stops. Got your head all hammered up and can’t even roll your eyes? Normal flue medicines are now chocolates to you? Got a flue so severe that you couldn’t smell anything for like a week? These are the sign that you might be allergic to something around you and which can be very serious if not taken care of. Allergies when abandoned, can become chronic bronchitis and even crawl into asthma as a consequence.
Some of us get worried and go to the doctor, he gives you overpriced medical exams, medicines plus his own fee. He charges you this big fat amount because he convinces you that this allergy test very rare in Pakistan. After all this process you are given a humungous list of medicines full of steroids, heart rate increasing tabs, puffs (inhalers) that cost you a fortune, anti-allergens which make you feel like a drunk in LA. These medicines when taken for the first time give you severe reactions like shivering hands and not being able to hold things. In the long run you can also have adverse effects on you other systems.
The test is actually very rare in Pakistan but it is available in the capital city in very economic rates which literally is like the one fourth of what other docs will tell you to have at their lavish clinics. It is done at NIH (National Health Institute) Park road Islamabad. The rates are pretty fair and the medicine is highly effective if taken consistently. Even though there is a jam pack of people whenever you go there, people all over from Pakistan, you will have to wait in a long line but the effort will be worth it.
So here is the procedure, you go to NIH Islamabad, they will give you a form by entering your name into their database and charge you rupees 500 for the allergy test. Then you will go to the OPD where the doctor will examine you and ask you a few questions about your breath. If he thinks that you have allergy signs then he will send you to another room and your test will be conducted. No worries it’s just a Skin Prick Test, no big needles involved. You have to wait for the results to be checked from the doctor and will be given a vaccine which is to be injected every once in a week. The vaccine will also cost you rupees 500 and one vaccine bottle is for a period of 4 months. This process should be continued for 2 years and trust me you will be completely okay. It’s a slow process but it works.
Why you should take this pain in the ass? Because my friends breathing is very important and I am saying this because of my personal experiences. The procedure will demand care and consistency but you will get rid of the sinuses and reciting kalma taiyyibah every time you stop breathing at night. So take a decision either to life half of your life with terrible medicines or a 2 years take giving you an ultimate healthy life afterwards. Choice is yours!
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