Hay Fever
You're reading Hay Fever, posted on Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 at 2:32 pm in Allergies, Diseases, on BrainBloggers at the Stay Healthy blog. More after the jump.
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”.
It is important to have your doctor properly treat you when you are experiencing hay fever because it can often lead to other disease like asthma and sinusitis. Your doctor will be able to tell you what medicine is best to deal with the symptoms.
Hay Fever Symptoms
- Nasal congestion
- Runny nose
- Itchy nose and eyes
- Excess tear production
- Postnasal dripping
- Cough
- No sense of smell or taste
[...] not exactly clear why some people develop allergies, though it seems to run in families and often family members can share allergies to specific foods [...]