Hay fever is also called seasonal allergy in simple terms but in medical terms it is explained as inflammation and irritation of some internal organ of the nose. Hey fever can be caused due to airborne substance like grass or pollens that can affect your sinus, nose, throat and eyes. Hey fever not only affects your daily life but even you future prospective too. Here are explained some simple ways to minimize the effects of hey fever as explained by Boots pharmacist Angela Chalmers.
1. You should start taking your hey fever remedies before it starts to appear. It will help to prevent the symptoms of hey fever from developing.
2. You can take a spoon of honey that is produced locally each day. It will help to build up you immunity level.
3. To protect your eyes from sore you can use wide sunglasses. Women whose eyes are highly sensitive and get sore as result of hey fever should wear hypoallergenic makeup.
4. The preventive medication for hey fever depend upon your symptoms. In your symptoms you may require combination of nasal spray, antihistamine tablets and eye drops but another person’ symptoms may require other combination of medication.
5. You should keep windows closed from early morning to late afternoon because this is the peak time when pollens are at their highest level. Even you should also shut down the mirrors of your car and turns the air-condition on so that you do not inhale pollinated air form outside into the car.
6. Another preventive remedy is before going into your bedroom you should take off clothes that you have worn outside. You should have shower and wash your hair before going to bed. This prevents getting pollen all over your pillow. You can also cover your hair with shower cap.
7. Intake of alcohol can worsen hay fever because beer, wine and other spirits contain histamine which is a chemical that increases symptoms of allergy in the body. You should also avoid their regular intake.
8. Another remedy for hay fever is put a dab of petroleum jelly in each of your nostril. This prevents pollen from entering through nasal passage. You should dry your washing clothes inside when pollen counts are high.
Thank you for these very useful tips for combating hay fever, especially that relating to petroleum jelly.
As an alternative to taking anti-histamine or other medications, or as a way of enhancing their anti-hay fever actions, many people are now turning to acupressure exercises to bring relief.
Acupressure is a system that has been practised successfully in the Far East for hundreds of years. It’s like acupuncture but without the needles. For example, here is an exercise that should help anyone with hay fever.
Hold your left hand out with fingers and thumb together. Note the point where the muscle between your forefinger and thumb is at its thickest. Then stretch your thumb away from your forefinger and place your right thumb on that point. Place your right forefinger on the other side of the “webbing” between your forefinger and thumb and squeeze, not too hard, for about a minute while breathing deeply. Then repeat on the other hand.
Direct the pressure slightly towards the bone leading up to your forefinger. You’ll be surprised to find that this little exercise brings a large degree of relief from hay fever and enhances other treatments.
Don’t do this exercise if you are a woman and pregnant, though, as it can induce premature contractions of the uterus. Subject to that, I recommend you give this a try.
I hope it helps.