What Is Pollen Allergy?

Many people suffer from allergy depending on the season and the main factors causing allergy are pollens given out by the trees, grass and flowers. A person suffering from pollen allergy is likely to experience the symptoms like runny nose and water coming out from the eyes. Plants often make use of pollens in order to fertilize themselves. The pollens from the trees such as elm, pecan, box elder, oak, mountain cedar and ash mainly causes pollen allergies to the people. Pollen allergy is seasonal and people allergic to it mainly experience the symptoms of the pollen allergy when these pollens are present in the air.

Itching in the eyes, throat and nose, conjunctivitis, dark circles near the eyes due to obstruction in the flow of blood near sinus, sneezing are some the main symptoms experienced by the person suffering from pollen allergy. Pollen allergy can be diagnosed by performing skin test and blood test. An extract of different types of pollens are injected on the person’s arm and if the reaction turns out to be positive then the person is suffering from pollen allergy. Blood test such as radioallergosorbent test is very useful in detecting the presence of IgE antibody in the person suspected with pollen allergy.