Hay Fever; You Really Get Up My Nose!

Hay Fever you really get up my nose! seasonal allergic rhinitis You are more likely to develop hay fever if you already have more common in boys White PHARMACY asthma or eczema yet adults are 1 in 5 equally affected It's most common in children and people in Britain particularly teenagers, have a chance but you can develop hay fever at any age of developing hay fever The Culprits: The Cause: * Pollen the fine powder that is produced by plants, trees or flowers in Grass Pollen Birch Pollen Mid-March to early June May - August Peak in mid-June order to fertilise Weeds (nettle, dock, mugwort) May - September 200 Flower pollen is carried by 95% of hay fever sufferers are allergic to grass pollen insects and does not different species cause hay fever of grass in Britain Avoid allergens Wash your Keep windows shut at night and Wear wraparound sunglasses Petroleum jelly just inside your nostrils will trap such as pet fur, insect sprays hands and face regularly first thing in the morning for more some of the and tobacco protection pollen smoke Start medication Stay indoors when the pollen count is high 2 weeks before the hay fever season. between 50 & 150 This will help prevent your symptoms before they start. We can't sneeze and keep About one in three people sneeze A person's sneeze can travel up our eyes open when exposed to bright lights to one hundred miles per hour "Bless you!" Or "God bless you", is "bud zdorov" "gesundheit" "bai sui" meaning "be comes from is the response Germany, and it literally healthy" is the given when a thought to have originated during a bubonic plague traditional child sneezes in epidemic. Yet there are response given means "health" China, it means "may you live 100 years" many theories to how after a child this sneeze response sneezes in Russia came about Vitamin C Capsaicin Carotenoids Honey Garlic A powerful Believed by many to An active ingredient is found A known natural Will help boost your antihistamine. antioxidant that relieve hay fever body's immune system, while also acting as a natural decongestant Found in fruit and in red peppers and chilli peppers acts as an because the bee anti-inflammatory pollen in honey can desensitise your body to other pollens vegetables such as agent found in carrots, apricots, citrus fruits, berries, and helps reduce broccoli and Kiwi congestion pumpkin, sweet potato and spinach www.whitepharmacy.co.uk Sources: www.nhs.uk/Livewell/hayfever/Pages/Allabouthayfever.aspx www.nhs.uk/conditions/Hay-fever/Pages/Introduction.aspx www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000813.htm www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/hayfever.htm#ixzz31EfOOM17 www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/hayfever.htm#ixzz31Efb6qtr www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/hayfever.htm#ixzz31EfUdnD8 www.patient.co.uk/health/hay-fever en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayfever www.bupa.co.uk/individuals/health-information/directory/h/allergic-rhinitis www.museumwales.ac.uk/3727/ www.goodtoknow.co.uk/wellbeing/galleries/28104/natural -hay-fever-remedies#gqWFXALkdcjHpZCV.99 www.care2.com/greenliving/fascinating-facts-about-sneezing.html#ixzz31F1RoWmo people.howstuffworks.com/sneezing.htm