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A survey of almost 2000 South Africans with hay fever found that symptoms of nasal allergies are often severe enough to impair overall quality of life, affecting 
mood, performance at work and [...]

Hayfever, or allergic rhinitis, occurs when the body has an allergic reaction to pollen. Histamine is a molecule produced by special immune cells in response to certain foreign bodies and [...]

A new hayfever drug could help those with severe hayfever misery. Grazax uses a grass pollen extract to gradually increase tolerance to grass pollen. Grazax immunotherapy tablets give long-term [...]

An allergy specialist at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is encouraging hayfever sufferers to be prepared for a long summer following one of the warmest and driest Aprils’ on [...]

A report shows there is a critical shortage of allergy specialists in Britain. Many people suffer so badly from hayfever that they request a referral to a consultant to discuss the condition. But [...]