Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 3 (Reporter Tian Xiaohang) Autumn is a period of high incidence of hay fever.

Experts remind that during the pollen season, patients with hay fever should pay attention to the "two-pronged approach" of prevention and medication control.

  According to Tang Rui, deputy chief physician of the Allergy Department of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, hay fever refers to a series of clinical symptoms mainly caused by allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and asthma caused by patients with specific genetic predispositions inhaling allergic pollen.

The autumn pollen season is mostly from August to September. The pollen concentration is higher in the north of the Yangtze River, especially in Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other areas. The incidence of hay fever is higher and the symptoms are more severe. It can even cause severe asthma attacks due to hay fever. Airway spasm and asphyxia endanger the life of the patient.

  Tang Rui said that in terms of prevention, hay fever patients should reduce going out, wear masks when going out, and also wear anti-pollen glasses and avoid wearing contact lenses; avoid going to areas with high pollen concentration such as grasslands; wash your face after going home, especially washing Nose, eyes, change clothes that are contaminated with pollen; avoid drying clothes outdoors to prevent contamination of pollen.

Pay attention to closing windows during pollen season, and use air purifiers or fresh air systems to reduce indoor pollen concentration.

  In terms of medication, patients with hay fever can use sea salt water to clean their nasal cavity, use pollen blocker, use nasal spray to control nasal symptoms and keep the nasal cavity open; use anti-allergic eye drops to control allergic conjunctivitis and other symptoms such as itching; Antihistamines.

Patients with cough or asthma should add oral and/or inhaled drugs to control their symptoms.

Patients with severe symptoms and long duration should go to the hospital for desensitization treatment in time to reduce or alleviate the symptoms after eliminating the underlying diseases that affect desensitization.