In this post, I will talk about the various types of pollen allergy and how to manage them. Pollen allergy is probably the most common type of nasal allergy, resulting in symptoms such as runny and stuffy nose, sneezing, wheezing (if you have asthma too) and even eye allergy symptoms like itchiness, weeping and burning.
But What IS Pollen?
First of all, let me define the term "pollen". Pollens are tiny, egg-shaped cells in flowering plants that are necessary to fertilize the plant. The...
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