Seasonal allergies, or hay fever, is an allergic response to pollen. It causes inflammation and swelling of the lining of your nose and of the protective tissue of your eyes.
Seasonal allergic rhinitis is nasal allergies that change with the seasons because of pollen from plants (trees, grasses, or weeds). Seasonal symptoms arise during the pollinating seasons for particular plants. Because you can be allergic to more than one thing, your symptoms may get worse at different times throughout the year, or may be constant.
Anything that you come into contact with that your body views as a “harmful invader” can be a cause of an allergy. Technically, your symptoms are the result of a chain of events that are your body’s response to the “harmful invader.” Your body “sees” the invader, makes antibodies to fight the invader, and in so doing, releases histamines that cause your allergy symptoms.
Symptoms include sneezing, congestion (feeling stuffy), and itchy, watery eyes, nose and mouth, eczema, rashes and hives.
While allergies can make you feel absolutely miserable, it doesn’t have to always be that way. We recommend a combination of avoidance and medication. For instance, closing the windows of your house and your car when driving around and using your air conditioner can greatly reduce the amount of pollen indoors.
Medication is also hugely important in helping to manage symptoms and keep you focused even when those pollen counts get high.
Apdoc’s deAfrique Allergy relief Herbal blend is manufactured with Stinging Nettle Leaf & root (Urtica dioica) and Mullein flower & leaf (Verbascum Thapsus). It has the ability to reduce the symptoms of hay fever by acting as an inflammatory.
