Hay Fever
Many people think that the hay fever means that you are allergic to hay. This is incorrect - but not very wrong off the mark. The correct term that most doctors use is allergic rhinitis. While hay can cause this allergic reaction to can many other different substances.
Rhinitis simply mean “irritation of the nose” and is a derivative of the work rhino - which means nose. Allergic rhinitis occurs during a season known as “seasonal allergic rhinitis”. When someone is experiencing it throughout the whole year it is referred to as “perennial allergic rhinitis”.