Nearly 40 percent of children suffer from seasonal allergies. In today's Child Wellness report, what to do if your child is suffering.

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For many of the people with yearlong allergies they are struggling with issues around the home, dust, and dust mites, certain things occurring naturally around the home, mold and spores. If indoor allergies like kitty dander or Fido makes you sneeze, then the cure may be not to own one. But on the other hand, if it's seasonal allergies, those are harder to avoid.

"Classically a lot of people suffering from tree pollen and in another month, grass pollen and then late summer ragweed and the fall, mold," said Dr. Manny Cirenza.

If your child has allergies, symptoms are classic, sneezing, runny nose and watery eyes.

"There is something called the allergic solute, where they push their hand across the bottom of their nose and some time create a little crease from pushing up so often," Cirenza said.

For treatment, newer drugs like Claritin and Zyrtec aren't sedating and are commonly used.

If you determine your child's allergies are something outside or seasonal, the treatment can be simple.

On days where the pollen counts are high, keep windows closed. Look into an air purifier and hard wood floors don't harbor allergens, but if you do have rugs...

"Be careful when you do vacuum your home you maybe do it while they are not at home because and believe it or not, while vacuuming, you can kick that stuff up and put it in the air," said Cirenza.

Even basic allergies can be serious.

"They really can affect any system in the body not just the nose and the eyes but they can affect the lungs and the skin," said Cirenza