Symptoms of Ragweed Allergy

As popular as the summer months are with almost everybody that hates the cold winter, which let's face it is pretty much everybody, it can be a very painful and tedious time for those that suffer from allergies. Arguably the most frustrated and generally unhappy people are those that suffer symptoms of ragweed allergy! Are you an allergy sufferer?

The symptoms of ragweed allergy are much the same as the symptoms suffered from those that have hay fever. After all hay fever is essentially an allergic reaction to the pollen produced by the plants that flower at this time of year. It is a fact that the pollen produced by the ragweed plant is the most allergenic of all pollens so those of us that suffer from hay-fever can and probably do at the same time suffer from ragweed allergy too. Basically it is important to think or hay-fever and ragweed allergy as one and the same.

If you are unsure whether you are one of these unfortunate sufferers please take a look at the list of symptoms below. As much as I would like to be listing the cure for this ever so annoying condition all it will do is help you recognize that you have it so that you can seek some sort of relief which is the best that can be done!

So here we go the question is...... Between the months of July and October each year do you find yourself experiencing a combination of the following symptoms:

• Irritation and/or redness to the eyes causing your eyes to water and you feeling the need to constantly rub them!


• Swelling of the eyes


• Frequent sneezing


• Inflamed nostrils and/or irritation to the nose


• Irritated and/or sore throat * Headaches


• Severe loss of sleep


• For those that suffer from asthma, frequent attacks


• Sinusitis - Sinusitis is a condition that sees inflammation of the linings of the sinuses which surround the nose. Common symptoms include a tender face and a blocked nose.

If these are symptoms that you are familiar with then you are one of the unlucky ones but the consolation is you are not alone as millions of people suffer from the symptoms of ragweed allergy year in and year out and there are ways of making living with the allergy easier.

It's true that many of the above symptoms combine to be those of the common cold but if you are experiencing them several times or even constantly over the summer and autumn seasons then you really don't have to be a doctor to realize that this is unusual. If you are still in any doubt then why not consult you doctor, it won't hurt!

If following your visit to the doctor you have been enlightened to this being the case and you are indeed a confirmed ragweed allergy sufferer then seek relief as soon as possible! Visit your pharmacy or chemist who can offer a variety of antihistamine tablets and allergy relief products to help the fight against the symptoms of ragweed allergy. Your doctor may even offer other methods of fighting the allergy such as immunotherapy injections.