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Hay Fever
Hay Fever is a condition of irritation of nose, eyes, throat and airways usually caused by an inhaled substance. The offending substance is usually a pollen but this problem may be caused by house dust mite, environmental pollutants and other inhaled substances. If it occurs seasonally it is called hay fever and is more likely to be due to pollens. Allergic rhinitis occurs at any time through out the year and may be related to food intolerances or food allergies. The symptoms include runny eyes, blocked ears, thick mucus discharge from nose, chronic irritating cough and sneezing.
Hay Fever Treatments
Modern Western Medicine
Antihistamines such as chlorpheniramine (piriton) and loratadine (claritin) are commonly used. They all have potential side effects and are often sedative.
Steroid sprays may be used. These include mometasone(nasonex), triamcinolone (nasacort) and budesonide (rhinocort). These all only suppress the condition. They do not cure it.
Newer treatment includes leukotriene receptor anatagonists such as monteleukast (singulair).
Complementary Therapy
Please help us to help you by letting your practitioner know about Shared Care so that they might contact us (email to:- editor(at)shared-care.com) with their evidence to add their therapy to this list.
The therapies/educational systems shown below have been noted as helpful for Hay Fever
These are commonly available:-
| Acupuncture |
| Aromatherapy |
| Ayurveda |
| Bowen Technique |
| Homeopathy |
| Hypnosis |
| Neurolinguistic Programming |
| Reflexology |
| Traditional Chinese Medicine |
| Western Herbal Medicine |
| Less so are:- |
| Environmental Medicine |
Please also see Approaches Individual to the Practitioner for lists of those whose approaches don't fall into any specific category
The following practitioners have indicated that they have a special interest in Hay Fever
Please click on the "more.." button for fuller details.
Hay Fever Blog
Add your contributions to the blog for this page. The button is at the bottom of the page or follow this link to the blog for this page. These can be absolutely anything related to the topic of this page that needs an answer from other members of the community, or a space for you to complain about or comment on anything related to that topic.
Hay Fever Support Groups
The home country of the group is listed. Most will provide more information, advice, contacts and help wherever you live:-
| Allergy/Asthma Information Association | Canada | National |
| Action Against Allergy | Great Britain | National |
| Allergy UK | Great Britain | National |
| Allergy New Zealand | New Zealand | National |
| Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America | United States of America | National |
Please email editor(at)shared-care.com with the name and URL of your suggestions for additional groups.
Places to Eat and Stay, Tourist, Town and Travel Guides
These sections are designed to provide help in finding restaurants, cafes, hotels, resorts, towns, beaches, travel companies and so on that are user friendly for our communities.
Shopping Zone
Editors Choice
Not all good things come from Amazon. The following are my choices of goodies that I have come across or in which I have had some involvement. If you want to add anything please email me (editor(at)shared-care.com) with details
| Surprisingly Gluten Free | Gluten free cookbook; lots of good recipes |
| Surprisingly Gluten Free | |
| Dr Michaels New Horizons | Self help tapes from No Panic |
| No Panic | |
| Lumie Sunlamp | Sunlamp for SAD (works for me! (ed)) |
| Lumie | |
| The FISH Plan for Migraine | Free downloadable book about treating migraine |
| The FISH Plan for Migraine | |
| The FISH Plan for Irritable Bowel Syndrome | Free downloadable book about treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| The FISH Plan for IBS | |
| Your Heart Needs the Mediterranean Diet | Necessary dietary reading for everyone |
| Your Heart Needs the Mediterranean Diet | |
