
What Causes Hayfever?
With symptoms ranging from red, itchy eyes and a sore throat to headaches, persistent sneezing, coughing, and a runny or blocked nose, Hay fever can be seriously debilitating as well as irritating.
Frustratingly, the problem occurs when our immune system mistakenly recognises pollen as something potentially harmful to it and so reacts by releasing lots of histamine to try to limit the pollen’s effect on us. This histamine is what causes most of the immediate symptoms and explains why anti-histamine tablets help to counteract this response.
But what other things might also be worth considering to help keep these annoying symptoms at bay?