Do the summer months mean fun in the sun or sneezing, a scratchy throat, red, watery, itchy eyes and a blocked-up nose……?
Hay fever can make the most care free summers days miserable. It’s caused by an allergic reaction to pollen or other airborne substances.
In hay fever sufferers the immune system has become over sensitised making it react to the pollen, causing histamine to be released into the body.
Its not just pollen that can cause the symptoms associated with hay fever, otherwise known as allergic rhinitis, mould spores, dust mites, pet hair/dander can too. Pollen is released though out the summer months:
Tree pollen: late march-mid may
Grass pollen: mid May-July
Weed pollen: late June-September
You may have heard that a spoon of local honey a day can help to desensitise your immune systems reaction to hay fever, but I’ve put together few natural tips that you can try at home to help you combat hay fever and have your most fabulous summer ever: