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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