HAY-FEVER DAYS AHEAD!

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20620, 19 July 1930, Page 7 (Supplement)

HAY-FEVER DAYS AHEAD!

In the spring and early summer hayfever is a fashionable complaint. Kun--11111" eves and streaming noses are all tho nl ge—but it is an awkward and unnecessary fashion! Hay-fever differs from the common cold " inasmuch as it is caused by the pollen of flowering grasses, or even cat s fur, and not by the pernicious influence of a germ. Susceptible individuals have some particular protein to which are sensitive, and whenever tliey happen to breathe it up, it gives rise to a violent reaction, taking the form oi hay fever, asthma, or nettlerash, as the case may be. just a walk through a field, on a fine summer's day may cause the trouble, in tho exhilaration of the moment, you breathe deeply—and fall a victim. The roses of June may be responsible for that "June cold," so if you lo\o roses* and cannot resist their fragrance, it is well to tako precautions betore you smell them. . ... .. The best prevention is de-sensitisation with the particular protein at fault, i'lrid out your own bete noir, then visi ie doctor, and ask him to desensitise yon. The method consists of injecting under the skin minute amounts of the offcridui' protein in gradually increasing doses until milj I established. This should be started a few weeks before tho hav-fever season. , Another precaution is to take during spring-time and early summer a tabic spoonful of limewaler three times a. da>, or alternatively a calcium cholor.de oi la Sufi r erers lC from hay-fever should spend their holidays at tho seaside, wheio tht winds blow 'in from tho sea, avoiding inland country.