Coping with HAY FEVER
Hay fever occurs when the body makes allergic antibodies (IgE) to substances such as pollen, house-dust mites or mould, known as allergens.
It’s usually worse when it’s warm, humid and windy, when the pollen count is at its highest, but there’s variation depending on which plants or moulds you are allergic to. Grass pollen is the commonest allergen (May to July), but tree pollen (February to June),
