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What is allergic rhinitis?

Allergic rhinitis, often called allergies or hay fever, occurs when your immune system overreacts to particles in the air that you breathe-you are allergic to them. Your immune system attacks the particles in your body, causing symptoms such as sneezing and a runny nose. The particles are called allergens, which simply means they can cause an allergic reaction.

People with allergies usually have symptoms for many years. You may have symptoms often during the year, or just at certain times. You also may get other problems such as sinusitis and ear infections as a result of your allergies.

Allergic rhinitis is a term used to apply to symptoms of nasal congestion, sneezing and a runny nose due to allergies. Frequently, this problem is complicated by sinusitis.

Learn how to relieve these symptoms naturally and effectively.

If you’ve been living with allergies, you probably know the obvious stuff by now — don’t take in stray cats, don’t hang around in dusty attics, don’t inhale deeply in smoking lounges. But that might not be enough. There could be hidden allergy triggers and irritants all around you that you don’t know about. “Hidden allergens and irritants are a huge problem for people with allergies,” says Hugh H. Windom, MD, an associate clinical professor of immunology at the University of South Florida…