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Hay fever and allergies?

April 16, 2009 | No Comments » • More about: Allergies, Healthy Living

Do you experience?

  • sneezing
  • running nose
  • swelling of the nasal tissues
  • itchy eyes and tearing
  • nasal polyps
  • swelling in the ear

These symptoms are all common in allergic rhinitis.  Hay fever is the common term for allergic rhinitis due to seasonal spread of pollens in the air, but the condition is not necessarily seasonal and can result from other irritants besides pollen.

If you wonder whether your symptoms could be due to pollen, one way to check is to see the pollen calendar on this link and determine if there is a pattern to your symptoms.  Do they seen to start around a particular season? If you do think pollen is the culprit, try Weleda’s Mixed Pollen 30 during the specific pollen seasons.

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