Seasonal Allergy:Hayfever symptoms
Almost everyone has a favorite season. Most people look forward to the crisp chill of the fall air, snuggling under a warm blanket during the first winter storm, the clean smell of the rain after a spring shower or the exciting first splash into a cool swimming pool on the first hot day of summer. For those with seasonal allergy there is no such nostalgia. They look forward to a certain season with all the optimism of a patient waiting for the dentist.
Depending on what your body reacts to seasonal allergy can cause a lot of suffering. An allergy develops when the immune systems mistakes something in the environment for a foreign body and tries to eliminate it from the body by release the same antibodies it would normal use to kill off bacteria or viruses. The result is misery for the sufferer since the substance the body has misidentified as an attacker is destined to bloom once every year.
Spring and summer are among the most common times for season allergy because of the number of plants bloom and going to seed during this time. Spring time trees that cause allergy are found almost everywhere such as the: Alder, Ash, Aspen Maple, Elm, Olive, Pine, Juniper, and Willow to name a few. Spring time grasses like the Bermuda, Johnson, Orchard, Salt grass and Timothy are just as plentiful.
In the summer time season allergy suffers must endure the weeds and grasses including ragweed, pigweed, sagebrush, and tumbleweed, Bermuda, red top, and sweet vernal. Ragweed will linger into the fall and mold will pick up giving those with seasonal allergy something to sneeze at, while dust and mold spores will follow sufferers indoors for the winter.
The most common symptoms most sufferers of seasonal allergy will experience are: coughing, itchy or water eyes, running nose and clogged nasal passages, and sneezing. Over-the-counter remedies with decongestants and antihistamines are available the year round for seasonal allergy sufferers. For those suffering the full range of seasonal allergy symptoms the best bets are those medications containing both antihistamine and a decongestant. If the symptoms persist for more than a few weeks, it might be time to find help from a doctor who can prescribe a stronger course of treatment.