The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-02
SPRING HAY FEVER.
Temporary Change of Residence Otter
est Gives Relief.

Spring hay fever, appearing in tins To-
hcality in June and early July, is much
! more common complaint than is general
lily supposed, according to DIR. William
Scheppegell of New Orleans, whose ar
ticle on the cause, prevention and treat
ment of the disease appears III the cur
rent New York Medical journal. The
ratio of those who suffer with hay fever
lduring the spring and summer months
J to sufferers from the same ailment during
| the fall is about two to three. he asserts.
| The cause of spring hay fever is the
! pollen of the grasses and wind polilnated
trees, the oak, mountain cedar, black
walnut and poplars. Trees such as the
apple, peach. dogwood and others in which
| the presence of a pleasing scent of flow
ers indicates sthat they are insect polli-
mated do not cause hay fever, according
Ito Dr. Scheppegrell, and he also depre-
Gates the use of the term rose fever,
}by which spring hay fever is sometimes
known for the reason that the rose. be.
I ing an insect pDllinated flower, Is mno.
cent of the damage which has been i'm.
+, puted to it.
/ On the prevention of the malady DIR.
Scheppegrell has this to say:
Zone of the best known methods oi
preventing hay fever is by passing the
hay fever season in some locality III
which the patient finds relief. This Is
especially the case with the fall hay fever
when thousands of hay fever subjects SO
journ to the socalledl hay fever resorts
but there are also many who suffer ron
:. the spring hay fever who obtain relief
in this way 1t is not always necessar,
to travel long distances to obtain ralie
| from the spring hay fever In many cas-
| cs, we have simply advised the patiell
I to move temporarily to a more centra
portion of the city for the hay fever sea
son, and with entire relief.
J 1t must be understood in this connee
ton that while persons not subject t
Q 'hav fever can inhale large numbers 9
pollen without perceptible effect, eve
j, hay fever subjects can inhale a certa.
: number without discomfort, the numoe
varying with the degree of susC artiblht
Il iof the patient. On this account the les
u er number of spring hay fever pollen
THAT are found in the more densely pop,
$ lated portion of the city is not sufiicieI
d to produce the hay fever attacks IN thes
cases.
If "a reasonable amount Of exercise
\. nay IeNeT Is Benelcldl, out thts Shoh
be taken without increased exposure
q. the hay fever pollens Swimming. e
- pecially in salt water, is an excelei
form of exercise
Considerable space has been given
/, the lay press regarding the benefits
cold storage treatment for hay fever p
TENTS As practically all ventilation
h excluded from these spaces. there is {
s Absence Of atmospheric pollens whi
is the principal cause of the relief viii
ot these patients experience. The low ter
~ pcrature. however. instead of being
benefit, is really a source of danger.
we have had several cases of bronchi
~ which resulted from this exposure.
=, any event the relief is only transient a
can be as well obtained in any roc
:, from which the pollen laden air is {
Ill Guided"
as Diet for hay fever patients, Dir Sche
ID pergrell states, cannot be fixed witho
reference to individual cases except tt
on alcoholic drinks, condiments and son
of times tea and coffee are harmful. We
Ir. Etables are generally to be eaten, but c
es have been noted in which certa
to fruits or vegetables appear to bring on
he attack.