The return of good weather and the beginning of spring also herald the return of seasonal allergies, especially with the appearance of pollen. Very abandoned during the spring-summer period, pollen invades our daily lives. But then why are we allergic to pollen?
The pollens pinaceae (pine, fir, spruce) are extremely abundant in the air from the beginning of spring until the end of summer. From the onset of fine weather, the quality of life of millions of French people changes pollination.
Le pollen consists of small grains or seeds, collected by bees from the stamens, the male reproductive organs of a flower. the pollen ends up yellowing our cars and invading our daily lives.
A disorder of the immune system
Sneezing, runny nose, stuffy nose, difficult breathing or red eyes, irritated and itchy palate, these are the symptoms of a pollen allergy. This allergy is due to a disorder of the immune system.
Insermthe national institute of health and medical research, explains that “our immune system specializes in recognizing foreign bodies such as parasites, bacteria or viruses”. So when a foreign body enters our body, our body produces molecules to hunt down the intruder and destroy it. Inserm ensures that “allergy is precisely a disorder of the immune system which corresponds to a loss of tolerance vis-à-vis substances that are a priori harmless, what are called allergens“. To make it simpler, we have an allergy, like to pollen, because our body, particularly our immune system, has a failure, it does not act correctly to fight against the bacteria.
In addition, a person naturally sensitive to allergies has an “atopic terrain”, in other words, they react very easily to contact with commonplace and harmless allergens.
You should also know that in large cities, pollen allergy is accentuated with pollution which promotes the release of pollen grains into the air, or even global warming which allows pollen to develop in regions where it was completely absent before.
The symptoms of a allergic rhinitis (pollen allergy) can more or less be treated. Do you, first of all, make a diagnosis of the allergy or a allergological check-up to find out if you are allergic to pollen. Then you can do a desensitization treatment. It consists of bringing the body into contact with the allergen very regularly for the regular and eventually no longer reacting abnormally. Or else a symptomatic treatmentto limit the time of the allergy, the symptoms by necessarily pleasant, with a physiological serum, a spray of sea water etc.
So be careful in this strong hot period with the return of the pollen.