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Hay Fever affects 15 – 20% of the population in the United Kingdom and is the most common of allergic conditions. If you are a hay fever sufferer, you’ll know that the symptoms of sneezing, wheezing, itchy streaming eyes, a blocked or runny nose, headaches and drowsiness can range from mild to debilitating.

Hay fever is medically known as ‘seasonal allergic rhinitis.’ It causes an inflammation and irritation in the delicate linings of the nasal passage, throat and eyes. We tend to think of the hay fever season as the sunshine months from May to July, but for those who suffer from it the pollen season just seems to run and run. It begins when tree pollens are released at the end of January and rounds off in October with weed pollens and fungal spores. For most people however, the period between May and August is worst as this is when grass pollen is released, which affects 90 per cent of hay fever sufferers.

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