One in ten Australian kids get hay fever but it can be difficult to differentiate it from the common cold.
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Pollen counts focus on the amount of grains in the air, but it could be the species that are more important.
Pollen is ancient, but in recent times, it’s getting worse. An allergist offers ways to manage the suffering and enjoy the spring.
You can tell the difference by the colour of your snot.
Don’t try this at home, kids.
What you should be doing this thunderstorm asthma season.
Seawater has been used to treat skin problems, sinuses and mental health issues for centuries. And the evidence largely stacks up.
Melbourne’s recent thunderstorm asthma event caught services by surprise. So, is it time for a national health protection agency to coordinate our public health response?
The recent severe thunderstorm in Melbourne caused hospitals across the city to be put on emergency alert as thousands of people called ambulance services, reporting severe breathing difficulties.
Allergens that trigger hay fever can also trigger asthma attacks in people with allergic asthma.
The way our body’s immune system responds to allergens is very similar to the way it responds to parasitic worm infections – and some scientists have a theory for why.
If you’re one of the 15% of Australians who experience hay fever, it’s likely you’ve spent weeks sneezing, itching and trying to control a runny nose and cloudy head. So, what can you do about it?
Allergies are reactions caused by the immune system as it responds to environmental substances that are usually harmless. But we don’t yet have a cure or the ability to prevent them from developing.
It’s now late spring, with summer just around the corner, and many people with hay fever suffer at this time of year in Australia. Although the cause of this suffering is invisible to us, it is actually…
Three million Australian adults – 15% of the population – struggle through spring and summer with watery eyes, running nose, itchy throat and the hallmark hay fever symptom, sneezing. When people with…
For many, spring is the most agreeable time of year. But for one in six people (around three million Australians), this balmiest of seasons is rendered utterly miserable by allergic rhinitis or hay fever…
The excitement of sunshine and warm weather that comes with the approaching summer is tempered for some by the sneezing, itchy eyes and congested airways that accompanies it. Hay fever, or seasonal allergic…
Spring brings with it hay fever and red eyes for many inner-city residents and in absence of fields of flowering grasses, people turn their attention to other possible causes. The most suspicious candidate…
Seasonal allergies such as hay fever may be a sign that your immune system is doing its job. “Type 2 immunity”, which battles…
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Professor of One Health, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Lecturer in Genetic Immunology, Nottingham Trent University
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Respiratory Allergy Stream Co-chair, National Allergy Centre of Excellence; Professor and Head, Allergy Research Group, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Immunology and Allergy, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor in Biomedical Sciences, University of Canberra
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Professor of Medicine University of Melbourne and Director of Research, Royal Melbourne Hospital., The University of Melbourne
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Respiratory Allergy Stream member, National Allergy Centre of Excellence; Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Associate Professor and Environmental Health Scientist, Macquarie University
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Paediatric Allergist and Immunologist, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Physician trainee, researcher, Australian National University
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Professor of Asthma, Allergy & Respiratory Science, King's College London
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Head of Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, Alfred Health, Monash University
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Staff Specialist General Paediatrician at John Hunter Children's Hospital, Newcastle, Australia. Conjoint Lecturer & PhD student, University of Newcastle
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Honorary Staff, UCL
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Senior Staff Specialist in Paediatric Allergy and Immunology at John Hunter Children's Hospital Newcastle NSW Conjoint Lecturer in Paediatrics, University of Newcastle
