To stop hay fever, it’s important to understand what it is. So, let’s start with what it isn’t, shall we? It isn’t caused by hay. And it isn’t a fever. The name simply describes the symptoms that usually come during what was once known to all as the hay harvesting season. Whatever you call what doctors refer to as allergic rhinitis, these are the basics you should know.
What is hay fever and how does it start?
The actual name is allergic rhinitis. It can either be seasonal or pester people all through the year – but the basis is an allergic reaction.
Allergic rhinitis is normally caused by proteins. Not the kind you eat, but the kind you breathe in. Many trees,
What are the symptoms?
The factors causing Allergic rhinitis, are invisible, but the symptoms are easy to spot:
What are the symptoms?
The factors causing Allergic rhinitis, are invisible, but the symptoms are easy to spot:
• Runny nose and nasal congestion
• Watery, red, itchy eyes
• Sneezing
• Reduced breathing
• Coughing
• Itchy nose,
• Postnasal drip
• Fatigue
Simply put, once pollen or another substance try to invade, your body throws up defences. All these defence mechanisms protect your body by trapping and expelling allergens so they can’t enter. Unfortunately, we all pass through the world every day and face the potential of developing allergic rhinitis. Good thing there are some simple things that you can do at home that may help to ease your symptoms, in addition to having the right nose spray.
Recipes for relief: Home remedies
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Chamomile tea helps to relieve allergic rhinitis symptoms. Or, smear it on
Ginger tea helps to loosen a stuffy throat and phlegm. Add honey to help it go down smoothly! Ginger also helps to boost the immune system.
Sliced grapefruit – peel and all! – boiled in water tastes good and works better against your allergic rhinitis. Drink it down, take a nap. When you wake up, you’ll likely feel a difference.
Peppermint tea can help you take revenge on your allergic rhinitis. It’s best served cold and helps soothe coughing spells.
Garlic works best when eaten crushed or raw. Garlic-lovers will love this one. Others won’t.
Turmeric is a member of the ginger family, it has strong anti-inflammatory properties. Serve it in a hot curry and put your allergic rhinitis on notice.
When all is said and done, allergic rhinitis is a fact of life. But suffering from it doesn’t have to be!
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1In a prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial, iliadin® Metered Nose Spray (0,05 % m/v) demonstrated a statistically significant reducing of the duration of acute rhinitis by 2 days as compared to physiological saline solution and a mean onset of action after 25 seconds. Reinecke S, Tschaikin M. MMW - Fortschr Med. 2005;147(3):113-118.
²Martindale. Thirty-eighth edition. The complete drug reference. Oxymetazoline Hydrochloride. Editor: Thomson Reuters.
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Though anti-histamines can control some allergy symptoms, they don’t relieve congestion.
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