Ebook: Hay fever: how to beat it

The numbers of those with hay fever have risen by around 25% in recent years. This dramatic rise is thought to be due to lifestyle factors and environmental pollution, and is in line with the rising prevalence of allergies in general. Hay fever is implicated in other conditions such as asthma, sleep apnoea, and allergic irritability syndrome in children. This book looks at remedies both orthodox and less orthodox.;Introduction; 1 What is hay fever and why does it make me feel miserable?; 2 All-year-round hay fever; 3 How hay fever can trigger asthma; 4 How doctors should treat hay fever; 5 Immunotherapy as a long-term treatment for hay fever; 6 Allergy testing in hay fever; 7 Hay fever and allergic irritability in children; 8 How hay fever causes sleep apnoea and hives; 9 Why hay fever has reached epidemic proportions; 10 Nasal lavage in hay fever; 11 Non-medical hay fever remedies; 12 Cigarette smoking and hay fever; 13 Hay fever and the menopause; Summary; References; Search terms.