What is Hay fever?
What is Hay fever?
- Hay fever: An allergy which causes sneezing, runny nose or blocked nose for part of the year.
- Hay fever: seasonal variety of allergic rhinitis, marked by acute conjunctivitis with lacrimation and itching; regarded as an allergic condition triggered by specific allergens.
Source - Diseases Database
- Hay fever: a seasonal rhinitis resulting from an allergic reaction to pollen.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Hay fever: Introduction
Types of Hay fever:
Types of Hay fever:
- Pollen allergies
- Tree pollen allergies
- Birch pollen allergies
- Oak pollen allergies
- Ash pollen allergies
- Elm pollen allergies
- Hickory pollen allergies
- Pecan pollen allergies
- Box elder pollen allergies
- Mountain cedar pollen allergies
- Weed pollen allergies
- Ragweed allergies - common allergy type; most common cause of weed allergies.
- Sagebrush allergies
- Redroot pigweed allergies
- Lamb's quarters allergies
- Russian thistle (tumbleweed) allergies
- English plantain allergies
- Grass pollen allergies
- Timothy grass allergies
- Kentucky bluegrass allergies
- Johnson grass allergies
- Bermuda grass allergies
- Redtop grass allergies
- Orchard grass allergies
- Sweet vernal grass allergies
- Mold allergies
- Dust mite allergies
- Animal allergies
- Seasonal allergic rhinitis - occurring during pollen season
- Perennial allergic rhinitis - occurring year round
- more types...»
Broader types of Hay fever:
How many people get Hay fever?
Prevalance of Hay fever: 35 million Americans (NIAID: pollen allergies)
Prevalance Rate of Hay fever: approx 1 in 7 or 12.87% or 35 million people in USA [about data]
How serious is Hay fever?
Complications of Hay fever:
see complications of Hay fever
What causes Hay fever?
Causes of Hay fever: see causes of Hay fever
What are the symptoms of Hay fever?
Symptoms of Hay fever:
see symptoms of Hay fever
Complications of Hay fever:
see complications of Hay fever
Can anyone else get Hay fever?
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Hay fever
Hay fever: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Hay fever.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Hay fever.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Hay fever:
see treatments for Hay fever
Prevention of Hay fever:
see prevention of Hay fever
Research for Hay fever:
see research for Hay fever
Organs Affected by Hay fever:
Organs and body systems related to Hay fever include:
Name and Aliases of Hay fever
Main name of condition: Hay fever
Other names or spellings for Hay fever:
Airborne allergies, pollenosis, pollinosis, seasonal rhinitis, allergic rhinitis
Pollenosis, Pollinosis, Seasonal allergic rhinitis, Allergic rhinitis
Source - Diseases Database
Pollinosis, Hay fever
Source - WordNet 2.1
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