What is hay fever?
Hay fever is an allergy to the pollen of grasses (grass pollen allergy), plants or trees (tree pollen allergy). The peak period runs from February to September, but you can experience it all year round.
Hay fever complaints:
- Runny nose, itching, stuffy nose, sniffling, sneezing
- Itchy eyes, watery eyes
- Sore and/or dry throat, tickly cough
- Shortness of breath
- Fatigue
What to do against hay fever?
Prevent hay fever complaints
You get hay fever complaints because you inhale pollen. Unfortunately, there is little you can do about the allergic reaction. You can try to be exposed to the pollen as little as possible.
A good method for this is to apply a hay fever nasal ointment . This ointment reduces the number of pollen that settles on your nasal mucosa. This prevents many of your complaints.
Another way to prevent complaints is to flush them out of your nose and sinuses. You do this with a nasal douche . By rinsing a saline solution through your nose, you remove the pollen from your nose. In addition, you reduce hay fever complaints in your nose, such as a stuffy nose or sneezing fits.
You can also use a nose filter . A nasal filter catches pollen and other substances in the air. This means they get into your nose less and your complaints can decrease.
Reduce hay fever symptoms
Have you gotten pollen up your nose? Then you will notice that the typical complaints such as a runny nose and sneezing fits will probably start again. You can reduce your complaints with various remedies against hay fever. An example of this is a hay fever nasal spray . This ensures that your nasal mucosa swells less and your hay fever symptoms decrease.
View the peak periods of grass pollen, trees and weeds on our hay fever calendar:
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