Hay Fever

Hay Fever, known medically as Allergic Rhinitis is an ailment that causes some very irritating symptoms, though not life threatening exactly. Like most allergies, the symptoms of Hay Fever shows up when the immune system over reacts when it senses some sort of problems with the outside environment, the allergens. However, there are many symptoms related to the disease which the patient might confuse with some other disease, but there are a few among them that have been experienced by almost all the people suffering from Hay Fever. The symptoms like watery eyes, stuffed nose, post nasal drip/nasal congestion which may come along with a varying degree of swelling around the eyes. The fluid coming out of the nose is clear for the most part, but the thickness can be there in many cases.

In most of the cases, the recurrence of the symptoms is only there at specific times in a year and more often than not, the symptoms aren’t even severe enough to disturb the daily lives of a person. But in some cases though, when the body suddenly comes in contact with dust and the pollen allergens, it could become very hard to manage, and treatments also may be needed in order to look after the recurring symptoms as it could grab the attention of the patient and may affect their productivity at school or work.

There are multiple causes of the disease to occur in the body and even the people with the strongest immune system get affected by Hay Fever. The possible causes of Hay Fever other than the pollen particles and dust are the pet hair and some flowers as well. A simple blood test is required to determine the allergens, but the important thing to keep in mind is that, most of the time the reports are seen to be falsely positive so the patients are usually advised to conduct two tests in order to be sure.