Pollinosis, or hay fever, is a seasonal allergic disease that tends to manifest itself during the flowering of plants, the pollen of which is carried by the wind. Often, the disease worsens in the warm period - in spring and summer. Spread over fairly long distances by the wind, pollen settles on the mucous membranes of the human body. He althy people like this
contact may not be felt, and those prone to allergic manifestations will experience hay fever.
Symptoms of the disease can be traced, first of all, in the form of a severe runny nose. There is also swelling of the mucous membrane in the nose, swelling around the eyes, watery eyes and frequent sneezing. Even one plant can cause hay fever. Symptoms can vary in severity, up to asthma attacks (in 20% of cases).
There are more than one thousand varieties of plants. But only about fifty of them can provoke spring hay fever. The most malicious allergen is the pollen of ambrosia, as well as quinoa, alder, dandelion, birch, poplar, sunflower.
Despite the fact that there are much more plants outside the city than in them, allergies become hostagesit is the inhabitants of megacities.
It is often the polluted air of big cities, and not flowering plants, that causes hay fever. Symptoms of the disease are manifested by the constant inhalation of automobile exhaust, dust, chemical compounds emitted by enterprises into the atmosphere. Such an explosive mixture irritates the mucous membranes, as a result of which they become thinner and also become susceptible to the action of plant pollen.
Based on the patient's complaints, which coincide with the flowering period of the representatives of the flora, an allergist can diagnose hay fever. Symptoms at the same time give rise to a study of skin tests (during remission). This is done as follows - a microscopic dose of an allergen in the form of pollen is applied to a small scratch and a reaction to it is observed.
Hay hay fever in children is a special clinical case. Symptoms are manifested in the form of an increase in body temperature and redness of the skin. In addition to the signs of the disease inherent in an adult, a child may experience: headache, inflammation and swelling of the intestines and stomach. Therefore, when the occurrence
in children during the flowering period of plants runny nose, lacrimation, loss of appetite, irritability should not exclude the development of hay fever. The occurrence of the disease can contribute to dermatitis, diathesis, chronic respiratory disease, food poisoning or allergies.
Therapy of pollinosis should be carried out under the strict supervision of a doctor. Usually to get rid ofdiseases, antihistamine medications are prescribed - syrups and tablets. You should definitely exclude allergen products from the diet, carry out wet cleaning indoors as often as possible, gargle, rinse eyes and nose after each return from the street.
Untreated pollinosis can lead to bronchial asthma.
