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Monday, April 18, 2011

Common causes, Symptoms and treatment of Allergic Rhinitis

Inflammation of the nasal membranes is defined as Rhinitis. Allergic Rhinitis is also known as allergy and hey fever. Allergic Rhinitis is characterized by a number of symptom like sneezing, nasal itching, nasal congestion and rhinorrhea. Other symptoms of Allergic Rhinitis may also include ears, eye, throat and sinus. It is not a life-threatening condition. This disease occurs when the immune system overreacts to the particles present in the air and you breath that air. The particles present in the body is attacked by the immune system to prevent you from symptoms like sneezing and runny nose.

Causes of Allergic Rhinitis:

Any substance needed to trigger an allergy is known as an allergen. The body releases chemicals like histamine when a person with allergic rhinitis breathes in an allergen like pollen or dust which further causes symptoms like mucus production, itching and swelling. Hey fever is also the main causes of Allergic Rhinitis which occurs due to an allergic reaction to pollen. Hay fever vary from person to person region to region that occur due to pollens. There are some plants that are responsible for hay fever. These plants are deciduous and evergreen trees, grasses and Ragweed

Symptoms of Allergic Rhinitis:

There are list of symptoms that affect you very shortly when you come in contact with the substance you are allergic to, the symptoms include itchy nose, itchy mouth, itchy eyes, itchy throat, itchy skin, smell problem, runny nose, sneezing and tearing eyes. There are some other symptoms that may affect you later, the symptoms include stuffy nose, nasal congestion, coughing, clotted ears, decreases sense of smell, sore throat, dark circle under the eyes, puffiness under the eye, fatigue, irritability, headache, slow thinking and memory problem.

Treatment for Allergic Rhinitis:

Allergic Rhinitis is very common in the people now a days. The type of Allergic Rhinitis is not common to all the people and it also vary from person to person and from reason to reason. There are various medicine available in the medical store for the treatment of Allergic Rhinitis.

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