CCTV News: Spring is the peak season for pollen allergies. Recently, the number of patients with pollen allergies in many local hospitals has increased significantly.
Pollen allergies are often found in spring and autumn, and pollen allergies in spring are concentrated from March to April. The allergens are mainly pollen from plants such as the Cypress family and weeping willow. The weather in the north is sunny and rainy, the air is dry and windy, and the weather conditions are conducive to the spread of pollen. Since March, the number of allergic patients coming to the Peking Union Medical College Hospital has increased significantly.
The "culprit" of pollen allergy is not flowers
It is understood that spring pollen allergens are often not those beautiful and bright "worm-matched flowers" that spread pollen by insects, but rather trees and weeds that are not conspicuous. They are "wind-matched flowers" that spread pollen by wind, such as pollen of cypress, poplar, willow, birch, and sycamore.
Don't treat allergies as a cold. Seek medical treatment in time to check allergens
The symptoms of pollen allergies in spring are similar to those in colds, so when they first appear, they are easily mistaken for a cold. Experts remind that if you experience symptoms such as itchy eyes, blocked nose, and rushing tears, you may not have a cold, but have pollen allergies. Doctors recommend that if there are repeated symptoms of physical discomfort every time the pollen season, but after the pollen season, the symptoms will be relieved and disappeared. You can go to the hospital for relevant examinations to determine whether it is pollen allergies.
Symptoms can be controlled by starting medication two weeks before the arrival of the pollen season.
For patients with clear and severe pollen allergies, doctors recommend starting medication two weeks before the arrival of the pollen season and controlling the symptoms when it is not serious.
Pollen allergy cannot be cured through gene therapy. At present, pollen allergy cannot be cured through gene therapy. Many patients are worried that hormone nasal spraying will affect health, and are somewhat resistant to prevention and treatment. In this regard, experts introduced that as an external drug, the dose of nasal spray hormone is calculated in micrograms. The dose that can be absorbed into the whole body through the nasal mucosa is extremely small. You can use the drug with confidence as per the doctor's advice.
