Hay fever

Hay fever is an allergic reaction to pollen, usually when it comes into contact with your mouth, nose, eyes and throat.

15 tips to keep your hay fever under control as pollen count climbs

It's enough to bring a tear to your eye... The temperature is rising, but so is the pollen count - and that means hay fever is on the rise again. However, there are some things you can do to help prevent the dreaded seasonal itch - and to ease symptoms when they strike without having to ransack the pharmacy.

How to tell whether you’ve got hay fever or Covid: pharmacists issue advice

Pharmacists have warned the public not to confuse Covid symptoms as hay fever season is upon us.

Bless you: It is essential to be considerate of others when sneezing as it could spread the virus. Stock picture

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Q&A: Onset of hay fever season adds to concern about sneezing

Q. GPs are reporting an increase in calls from worried patients who are sneezing heavily and have a stuffed-up nose. Is it possible to say it is just hay fever and not the coronavirus?

Summer fun: Caoimhe Fitzpatrick (8), from Limerick, and Mary Walsh (7), from Co Kerry, at the Willie Clancy Summer School Festival in Miltown Malbay, Co Clare. Photo: Oisin McHugh/True Media

Temperatures climb to 24C but rain never far away as warning issued to asthma and hayfever sufferers

It's a case of making hay while the sun shines as the good weather this weekend is not set to last.

Photographer captures amazing pictures of pollen cloud engulfing city

A photographer has captured striking images of a cloud of pollen engulfing a city in the United States.

With hay fever season on the way, here are the funniest tweets from unfortunate sufferers

Many people are delighted by the first rays of sunshine in spring, but for some the sun means the start of a terrible affliction: hay fever.

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