| Some people who inherit an allergy
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| | undertaken to identify the pollens are
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| sensitive background develop certain
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| | skin tests with extracts of the pollen
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| allergies from time to time. These
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| | and scratch or intracutaneous tests
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| allergies may be due to many
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| | giving positive reactions to the pollens
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| environmental factors and sometimes
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| | simultaneously with a confirmation of the
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| symptoms of asthma are also impersonated
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| | same through consultation of the pollen
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| by them. Some common forms of these
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| | calendar.
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| allergic reactions may be seasonal while
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| | Once the offending pollen is identified
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| others may be perennial in nature.
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| | the effect of it can be controlled
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| It is important to understand the
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| | efficiently by hypo sensitization tests.
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| differences between these and asthma so
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| | Treatment with antihistamine tablets
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| that they are never confused with asthma
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| | generally proves to be every effective.
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| because their treatments as well the
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| | But it is only a temporary resort. The
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| severity both differ from each other.
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| | allergen has to be properly identified
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| Seasonal sneezing is called seasonal
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| | and then treated accordingly with
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| allergic rhinitis or hay fever in the
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| | preventive measures and drug therapy if
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| common parlance. As against the name it
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| | need be.
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| is not caused because of hay but because
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| | Taking preventive action to overcome
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| of certain pollutants mainly certain
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| | seasonal sneezing attacks is very
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| kinds of pollen in the environment to
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| | important. For this undue exposure in a
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| which a person may be allergic.
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| | particular season should be completely
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| In contrast to these people some others
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| | avoided. Outdoor activities like tending
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| suffer with sneezing bouts, stuffy or
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| | to the garden or farming should not be
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| running nose almost all the year round.
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| | done. The windows of the rooms should be
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| These people suffer from perennial
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| | kept closed as far as possible to avoid
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| sneezing or perennial allergic rhinitis.
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| | exposure to the allergen. In extreme
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| When these people are exposed to cold
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| | cases using air conditioning may be the
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| wind, sunlight, dust and fumes the
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| | only way out.
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| symptoms of the sneezing bouts
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| | The patients of perennial sneezing or
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| precipitate.
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| | perennial allergic rhinitis have
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| In hay fever or seasonal allergic
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| | sneezing, running nose, blocked or stuffy
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| rhinitis the symptoms appear gradually or
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| | nose and nasal discharge almost all the
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| all of a sudden. This depends upon the
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| | year round. These people many a times
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| degree of exposure to the offending
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| | are found to be snoring at night and are
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| allergen and also upon the degree to
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| | in the habit of breathing through the
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| which the person may be allergic to them.
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| | mouth. They have discomfort in the ears
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| When the symptoms appear gradually they
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| | because of blockage in the ear tubes that
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| are accompanied with mild sensation of
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| | open in the throat.
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| itching and burning of the eyes and mild
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| | These are called Eustachian tubes. When
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| irritation in the nose or itching of the
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| | the irritation persists for a long time a
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| palate inside the mouth.
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| | person tends to rub the nose vigorously
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| The symptoms usually appear in the early
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| | and repeatedly. This leads to development
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| morning hours when the concentration of
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| | of a crease across the nose called the
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| pollen grains is at its peak. The
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| | allergic crease. Some paranasal sinuses
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| sneezing bouts are also accompanied with
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| | may also get blocked leading to
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| marked increase in the nasal congestion,
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| | accumulation of secretions.
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| throat congestion, running of the nose
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| | When the ear, nose and throat get
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| profusely and watery eyes. The nasal
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| | infected repeatedly there may be
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| mucous membrane becomes highly sensitive
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| | accompanying fever. Exposure to irritants
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| with advancement of symptoms and any
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| | like cold wind, sunlight, dust, fumes and
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| slight change in the nasal mucous
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| | smoke all lead to aggravation of the
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| membrane manifests in heavy bouts of
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| | symptoms. These symptoms usually occur in
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| sneezing.
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| | the early morning hours and then the
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| These changes may be of very slight
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| | symptoms may continue throughout the day
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| nature like appearance of a draft, strong
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| | and even at night. The symptoms in severe
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| odours, or even minute quantities of
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| | cases may resemble symptoms of asthma
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| dust. In addition to these symptoms there
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| | accompanied with bronchial spasm and
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| may be appearance of other associated
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| | suffocation.
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| symptoms like general lethargy, loss of
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| | The condition is generally diagnosed
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| appetite, drowsiness and also pain in the
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| | after studying the family history of
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| body with slight rise in temperature.
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| | allergy. The lab test of eosinophil count
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| In some patients in addition to the above
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| | is a must to come to concrete
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| mentioned conditions the symptoms of
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| | conclusions. Skin test of pollen and
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| bronchial asthma also develop side by
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| | other allergens is necessary in case the
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| side making the conditions worse. These
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| | eosinophil count is normal. Treatment
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| symptoms either develop right from the
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| | with antihistamines helps very limited
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| start of the other symptoms or may
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| | people. Nasal drops may provide temporary
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| develop later as the disease advances.
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| | relief but they should be used very
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| The worse part is that once a person
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| | sparingly as they work on the principle
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| starts with these symptoms he may
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| | of cauterization, that is burning o the
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| continue with the symptoms of asthma even
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| | mucous membrane of the nose so that the
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| after the sneezing attacks stop.
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| | nasal passage becomes insensitive.
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| This condition can be very easily
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| | Hyposensitization works efficiently and
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| diagnosed with the study of the case
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| | surgery may be used in very extreme cases
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| history of the patient. The tests usually
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| | only.
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