LOTS of great information! Thank you. See, last year, when Jonah developed this "allergy", we were given a script for allergy medication. I said I would rather wait and see if this "allergy" went away with one more week of antibiotics (I searched online and saw that a secondary infection- like a sinus infection- typically did not respond to a 10 day course of antibiotics), and it did. By the 3rd day of the second course, his symptoms were gone. I continued the meds..but, the symptoms were gone. So, whatever "allergy" he had went away, apparently, and never returned again until this second sinus infection in October.

When we went in to see the doctor for the second sinus infection, the doctor did not mention allergies at all. He said, "wow, this is pretty bad", he is pretty nasty in there (referring to his nose), and gave us a 10 day course of amoxi (same thing we got the 1st time last year). Jonah had no itchy eyes during this second infection.

We went back to the md, and he said that maybe the antibiotic wasn't strong enough (which is what I thought based on last year's issues), and gave us a full 2 week supply of something stronger- cefdinir. The pharmacist even called the md to make sure he really wanted Jonah on this for that lenght of time....THEN the doctor mentioned the allergies...

It isn't the label so much that gets me but the reliance on the allergies as the source of the problem. You would have to know the tri-state area, and Cinti in particular...apparently, we have conditions conducive to allergies here, and LOTS of people are told, "its allergies". Maybe it is...however, I get concerned because I have a 4 year old that has already had eye duct surgery, and tonsils/adnoids removed. I don't want to miss something alot more serious than allergies just cause the label is attached.

I don't see any symptoms of allergies in Jonah's life EXCEPT for this one week eye rubbing/blinking issue that just happens to be in the middle of a double course of a sinus infection. The test will be in the 14 day course of antibiotics....and I think if this goes away with the antibiotics chances are good there isn't an allergy, and I would not have him tested for naught.

Other answers to help put the pieces into the puzzle- filter is switched regularly (once a month cause I buy the cheap filters). No shoes in the house, Jonah hasn't walked through leaves (I know that sounds dorky, but, he hasn't.....it has been super cold here, I get home at 6 pm most nights, and it is dark....), no carpet in the house. The one thing I have done differently this year is that I have NO opened windows to help with humidity issues. I might change that.

I also might get the humidity thing you mentioned! Bottom line, whatever he has will be addressed appropriately by his ped and his mother. I totally appreciate the allergy information, and I do think I was guilty of thinking of just the outside allergy issues- forgetting the dust mite things. I can safely tell you that Jonah does not have any food allergies. He only eats 5-6 things and they are the same things he has eaten since he was 18 months....no issues.

Maybe it IS the UV rays?