| Spring and summer are peak times to develop a | | | | With a few preventative measures, and knowledge |
| seasonal grass allergy. A grass or tree allergy is a | | | | of how to handle allergic symptoms, you can make |
| common and prevalent allergy that affects people | | | | your life significantly easier. Histamine inflames the |
| throughout the spring season and during the onset or | | | | nose and airways, and the chemicals cause the |
| ending of the summer season. Grass allergy is often | | | | well-known symptoms of hay fever: runny nose, |
| directly linked to hay fever, because their symptoms | | | | watery eyes, and frequent sneezing to flush the |
| and causes are somehow similar to each other. | | | | allergen from the body. |
| Seasonal allergies are fairly common in children age 5 | | | | Sources of Grass Allergens |
| and up: According to the American Academy of | | | | Typical allergic symptoms caused by airborne |
| Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, about 10 to 15 | | | | allergens include sneezing, runny nose and nasal |
| percent of school-age children have seasonal allergies. | | | | congestion (allergic rhinitis or hay fever). Grass pollen |
| Symptoms of Season Grass Allergy | | | | allergens cross-react with food allergy proteins in |
| The common symptoms of grass allergy are | | | | tomato,lettuce, onion, celery, corn and sometimes |
| sneezing, a runny nose, watering and itchy eyes. If | | | | carrots. There is a Chrysanthemum allergy that |
| these symptoms sound familiar, and they occur at | | | | originates from flower pollen. The cousins of birch |
| the same time each year and last longer than a cold | | | | pollen allergens (apples, grapes, peaches, celery, |
| would, then you could be experiencing seasonal | | | | apricots), produce severe itching in the throat and |
| allergies. Monitor your health. If you tend to have | | | | ears. The cypress pollen allergy can require identifying |
| few allergy symptoms on days that are rainy, cloudy, | | | | allergens and cross reactivity between divergent |
| or windless, that may tell you something. Grass | | | | species, such as olive, ash, privet, and Russian olive |
| pollens don't move around much on those days. To | | | | tree pollen allergens. |
| be sure, schedule allergy testing by a physician. If the | | | | Another form of seasonal grass allergy, is the |
| symptoms are severe or you experience or | | | | combination of airborne particles of pollen mixed with |
| long-lasting allergy symptoms, medical testing is vital. | | | | mold. This tends to occur around rural areas and |
| The decision about which individual allergens to test | | | | farms where the soil is plowed and molds become |
| for is dictated firstly by the patients history, and | | | | airborne with the dust of the land. |
| taking into consideration his geographical location | | | | Conclusion |
| (particularly with respect to aero-allergens). | | | | Antihistamines are usually prescribed to curtail grass |
| Symptomatic medications for treating the eye and | | | | allergy development among patients. The most |
| nose symptoms of allergy are generally available to | | | | effective treatment for tree or grass allergy is |
| grass allergy sufferers. Not everyone who has | | | | preventing the occurrence in the first place by |
| seasonal allergies needs allergy shots, but if your life | | | | avoiding exposure to outdoors or wearing a mask to |
| is being impaired by seasonal allergies, you should | | | | prevent inhaling grass pollens. |
| discuss this with an allergist. | | | | |