HAY FEVER (NOSE ALLERGIES)

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Main Symptoms

Clear nasal discharge with sneezing, sniffing, and nasal itching.
Eye allergies (itchy, red, watery and puffy) are commonly associated.
Ear and sinus congestion may also be associated.
A tickling, scratchy sensation in the back of the throat can be associated.
Itchy ear canals, itchy skin, and hoarse voice are also seen.
Symptoms occur during pollen season.
Similar symptoms during the same month of the previous year.
No fever.

Cause

Hay fever is an allergic reaction of the nose and sinuses to an inhaled substance, usually a pollen.

See More Appropriate Topic (instead of this one) If

Doesn't look like hay fever, see COLDS.

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Reviewed 8/2004

Revised 8/2004

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