How to Relieve a Hay Fever Allergy

Video Transcript

"Hi my name is Dr. Ana Lamas and I am a practicing allergist and immunologist in the Miami area. Lets talk about how to relieve hay fever allergies. Hay fever is the term given to nasal symptoms that occur during a particular season of the year usually due to pollen allergies and sometimes due to outdoor mold allergies. The way to relieve those symptoms is usually with avoidance if possible as well as antihistamines to relieve the symptoms due to histamine release and also decongestants for the swelling and the blockage in the nasal cavity. If symptoms are more serious than those then the patient will need corticosteroid nasal sprays as well as antihistamine nasal sprays both of which are prescription and lastly if all these medications along with avoidance do not help the patient enough then it is appropriate for the patient to see a specialist such as an allergist for diagnosis of the particular pollens and of course of allergy immunotherapy."