allergic salute

If you're constantly doing the "allergic salute," the answer is probably no.

Kids may constantly rub their nose with the palm of the hand, a gesture called the allergic salute.

Allergic salute (wiping of the nose with the hand)

Children often rub their noses by pushing the tip upward with the palm of the hand ("allergic salute").

Rubbing the nose upward with the palm of the hand to reduce itching and open the nasal passages (allergic salute).

The "allergic salute."

"Allergic salute."

It can occur as the result of heredity, accident, and/or the constant rubbing or wiping of the nose, commonly referred to as the allergic salute.

The wiping of the nose with the hand, commonly referred to as the "allergic salute", is also mildly taboo and can result in the spreading of infections as well.

Because of that, and an overall increase over the last decade in the percentage of people in industrialized countries suffering from all sorts of allergies, he is seeing more patients than ever giving what he calls "the allergic salute."

The allergic salute (sometimes called the nasal salute) is the characteristic and sometimes habitual gesture of wiping and/or rubbing the nose in an upwards or transverse manner with the fingers, palm, or back of the hand.