Hay fever or Allergic rhinitis is a long-term condition that can impact upon your daily life by impairing concentration at work or school, by preventing sleep, or by making socialising awkward or unpleasant.

Allergen avoidance

Try to avoid contact with the allergen that triggers your hay fever – has the advantage of involving no medical treatment to prevent allergic rhinitis. However, it is much more difficult to avoid airborne allergens, such as grass pollen. More about allergen avoidance.

Symptomatic treatment

Antihistamines and nasal corticosteroids - symptomatic therapies - have traditionally been cornerstones in the management of allergic rhinitis. Hay fever has been primarily managed from a symptom relief perspective, i.e. reducing or stopping symptoms with little to no attention on the need to treat the underlying cause of the disease. More information about symptomatic treatment.

Despite receiving symptomatic therapies, however millions of sufferers experience continual symptoms during the pollen season, limiting their activities and often resulting in a poor quality of life.

Allergy vaccination

Allergy vaccination (allergy immunotherapy) is a unique approach to allergy management as it treats the underlying cause of the allergy, provides sustained symptom prevention and has been shown to reduce the risk of developing asthma. More information about allergy vaccination.