Pollen allergies – treatment

Allergies, taken together, are the result of a hypersensitive response of the immune system against foreign agents, allergens, which can be represented by very different substances: pollen, dust, spores, mold, but also certain types of food, some materials, mites and other insects. Depending on whether the allergen is ingested, inhaled or there is direct contact, the allergy manifests itself in different ways. In particular, from pollen allergies affect the respiratory and characterized by a certain seasonal and anniversary this year, as determined by the cycle of plants that produce and put into different pollen types, large quantities of which come in the airways. Normally, this event has no consequences, while in people allergic to the pollen and release of their ‘migration’ cause allergic rhinitis, commonly called Hay fever, and in serious cases can lead to real attacks’ s asthma.
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Dust mite allergy – symptoms

Dust mites are too small to see with the naked eye. Dust mites thrive in warm, humid environments, they eat dead skin cells and they nest in dust-collecting bedding, fabric, carpet and furnishings.

Some symptoms of house dust mite allergies are itchiness, sneezing, inflamed/infected eczema, watering eyes, runny nose, (if asthma), lungs clogging up and hay fever.
House dust mites are one of the most common allergens that trigger asthma.
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