Hay fever obfuscated like 0.5 per thousand the senses

Study: Hay fever affects when driving a car as 0.5 per thousand

06/14/2014

The symptoms that occur in pollen allergy and hay fever, according to a recent study according to motorists similar to as if they had 0.5 per thousand in the blood. Those affected are advised not to drive without treatment during the pollen season.

Hay fever affects car drivers like 0.5 per mil alcohol
Bleeding eyes, constantly runny nose, frequent sneezing: People who suffer from severe pollen allergy and hay fever should not "drive behind drugs" during the pollen season. Due to the symptoms caused by the allergy, the driving ability could be as much as 0.5 percent alcohol in the blood. This explained the Federal Association of Pulmonologists (BdP), according to a message from the news agency dpa.

Problems with the road test
The BdP refers to a recent study from the Netherlands, in which the researchers had brought affected persons into contact with their respective allergens. In the subsequent driving test those subjects who had not received any medication for their symptoms had problems keeping their mark. Consequently, "hay fever patients are more at risk in road traffic if they do nothing about their allergy". Means that can help against the immediate symptoms, there are in the form of nasal sprays, eye drops or tablets.

Pollen concentration in the car higher
The chairman of the BdP, Andreas Hellmann explained that in the car also a pollen filter makes sense, since the pollen concentration in the vehicle is often higher than outside. But if you want to fight not only the symptoms, but to permanently reduce the pollen allergy, help a specific immunotherapy, the so-called hyposensitization against hay fever. In natural medicine, the self-blood therapy has also proven itself. According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), more than a quarter of the population between the ages of 30 and 39 years fights with hay fever.

Untreated allergy can lead to asthma
Hellmann advises those who always have the same symptoms at the same time from the spring on, have them undergo medical examination. "Indicators of hay fever include sweating, itching, sneezing, dullness, watery or itchy eyes." If an allergy is not treated, it may also spread from the upper to lower respiratory tract and develop into allergic asthma with difficulty breathing. In around 40 percent of those affected, this occurs within ten to fifteen years. (Ad)