pollen disease

Pollinosis (syn .: pollen allergy , hay fever) - an allergic disease caused by pollen and is characterized mainly by an acute inflammatory lesions of the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract and eyes. If a hereditary predisposition is pollen sensitization, ie the production of antibodies to pollen allergens (see. Allergies). Allergenic properties have also stems, leaves and fruits of plants.

Hay fever is clearly repeating seasonality of clinical manifestations, which coincides with the period of flowering of certain plants. There are 3 periods of flow of hay fever: the spring caused by the pollen of trees and shrubs; Summer - the pollen of grasses; summer and autumn - the pollen of weeds.

The classic manifestation of hay fever are conjunctivitis and rhinitis , which may be complicated by sinusitis. In severe cases, they are joined by pollen bronchial asthma . There's also the so-called pollen intoxication: fatigue, irritability, insomnia, and sometimes fever. Rare manifestations include nervous system diseases (arachnoiditis, encephalitis), the defeat of the visual and auditory nerve, the development of Meniere's syndrome. In some cases there are skin manifestations: urticaria , angioedema, dermatitis, eczema .

During exacerbation pollinosis antihistamines recommended in the form of tablets, injections, eye drops and nasal. To prevent pollen asthma use Intal, Zaditen. Treatment of pollen which developed asthma carried out in the same way as other etiology of asthma. In severe cases of hay fever prescribe corticosteroid therapy. Most favorable prognosis.

Oseltamivir is a preseason specific allergen desensitization identified. Patients are encouraged to, whenever possible, leaving to another climate zone on the flowering plants whose pollen causes the disease.