If you are allergic, your symptoms are triggered by normally harmless substances in your local environment. These triggers are called allergens.

It is important that you try to avoid, or at least reduce, exposure to allergens since they add up to cause allergic reactions and may worsen your allergy as well as your condition.

How to acquaint yourself with your personal allergens? Actually, an ordinary blood test will tell what you are allergic to and what you need to avoid. If you need to avoid anything at all…

Use the UK pollen calendar to see when the main allergic plants are in flower. Remember, if you are allergic to one type of pollen you may well be allergic to other types too.

For more pollen information, please visit the National Pollen and Aerobiology Research Unit http://www.pollenuk.co.uk