Pollinosis in adults and children

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Recently, the children with the age of 3 years, and sometimes earlier, the so-called allergy to bloom. Such an organism reaction is called pollinosis. It begins in the period of flowering plants from March to September.

Approximate schedule of active flowering of wind-pollinated plants in Russia

Approximate schedule of active flowering of wind-pollinated plants in Russia

March-April: alder, hazel.

April-May: birch, willow, poplar, elm, maple, ash.

May - June: oak, pine, spruce.

June - July: cereals, nettles, sorrel.

July - August: cereals, mazewas, wormwood, plantain, nettle, sunflower, hemp.

Symptoms of hay fever

The reaction to pollen is the same for all. In the first place - it's clear discharge from the nose, frequent sneezing, stuffy nose, which is accompanied by itching. Along with these symptoms, allergic conjunctivitis often appears. In this case, itching and redness of the eyelids, lachrymation.

Who is susceptible to pollinosis

No one is immune from this disease. Pollinosis can appear at any age. But there are categories of people who are most prone to seasonal allergies. Hay fever is transmitted at the genetic level, so in a family where at least one of their parents has this diagnosis, the risk of hay fever in the child will be one in three.

The risk of pollen allergy increases if a person suffers from food allergy.

Pollinosis is highly likely to occur in someone who is regularly exposed to a large number of other types of allergens( animal hair, household chemicals, etc.).

A child who has been constantly exposed to tobacco smoke in the first year of his life also has a great chance of getting a hay fever.

What is dangerous pollinosis

All those who suffer from pollen allergy are susceptible to the development of other types of allergic diseases, bronchial asthma, infectious diseases of the nasopharynx and the eyes. In very severe course of the disease, Quincke's edema may occur.

How to treat a hay fever

First of all, you need to limit contact with the allergen. The best way is at the time of flowering of your allergen to go to a region in which flowering has not yet begun or where this plant is absent altogether. If this method is not available to you, then try as little as possible to go out on the street, often spend wet cleaning at home. It is also recommended to tighten the windows with a wet cloth when ventilating. To all who suffer from hay fever it is useful to know that the maximum concentration of pollen in the air is noted in the morning and by the night it gradually decreases.

Often wash clothes in which you go out into the street, and take a shower and wash yourself.

To reduce the risk of food allergies, you must abandon the products that can cause this reaction.

Before the onset of symptoms, it is necessary to take antihistamines prescribed by a doctor.

All these events will greatly facilitate the course of seasonal allergies.

Allergenspecific immunotherapy will help you completely get rid of pollinosis. Its essence lies in the fact that for a certain time, once a week, an essentially small dose of a substance that causes an allergic reaction is injected into the body of the patient. As a result, immunity gradually gets used to this kind of allergen, and you can forget about the symptoms of pollinosis for a long time, and perhaps forever.

This therapy is given to adults and children after 8 years only after consulting an allergist.