Engleski A - 2015./16. ljeto - Task 4
More and more people are experiencing symptoms such as sneezing, runny noses or itchy and watery eyes in the spring. What they are suffering from is, in fact, hay fever, which is caused by breathing in pollen and by pollen getting into the eyes. Pollen is the name given to the fine powder produced by plants or flowers to fertilise plants or flowers. The term is also used for allergies caused by tree pollens such as birch, oak or plane.
Hay fever is a very common allergic condition. National Health Service statistics show that it up to one in five people in the United Kingdom at some point in their life. It's the fifth most common chronic disease and often first develops the teenage years. You are more likely to develop hay fever if you have asthma.
The symptoms vary from person to person. They may be mild, but sometimes they are so bad that they with school or work. Runny nose, watery eyes and of concentration are particularly unpleasant.
It is almost impossible to avoid pollen, but the symptoms tend to be less severe if you stay inside as as possible. , avoid places like parks or fields especially early in the morning or evening and change into clean clothes when you return home.
