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How is hay fever
studied?
hay fever can be
examined or analysed in various ways. These
include:
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Nature of hay fever
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This
covers the basic biology associated with
hay fever. Typically it includes the
concepts of immunology. This is the study
of how the body reacts to parasite,s
viruses or bacteria. Hay fever is when the
body sometimes over reacts to pollens that
don't really pose a danger. The body's
immune sytem thinks that it does.
Sometimes people's immune
system changes over time. So for example
one year people may have worse hay fever
than on another year. This may be due to
changed weather conditions or that a new
or different pollen is blowing in the
wind.
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Treatment
of hay fever
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This is
the practical application of science to
help treat hay fever , including
treatments.
Typically hayfever
conditions are treated by
anti-histamines.
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The
culture (etiquette) of Hay Fever or
sneezing
It may be strange to think
of hay fever as being culturally
significant but when we sneeze we often
say "bless you".
Even the
Quaran specifically recommends it.
Sneezing
according to the Quaran.
There
was also an episode of Seinfeld asking the
fundamental question of whether to say
bless you for multiple sneezes and the
interval between sneezes.
The
French often say "sante!" after someone
sneezes. "sante!" just means
"health".
In
German people will say "Geshundheit" when
a person sneezes. In return you would say
"danke" thank you.
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How does hay fever occur?
Basically there
are cells in your body called mast cells that release
histamine when your body detects an allergin, like
pollen or dust.
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see an animation
Key:
The body reacts
through antibodies. Then....
In the case of
hay fever, the cells in your nose are very
sensitive to particular allergins like
pollen.
The symptoms of
hayfever are caused almost entirely by histamine.
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Hay fever
issues are frequently reported in the news. Here
are some of the best sources of the latest news
about hay fever .
Hay fever
is a condition that has been around for quite some
time, possibly for millions of years. It is
feasible that on occasion even dinosaurs had the
condition. 
The future of hay fever is
about discovering the answers to the questions we
have about hay fever . It is about finding out how
the occurs and how we might treat them.