The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-05-06
Hay Fever-Causes-Cures.

II eam >ssibjeet to yearly attacks Of
hay fever" a. IS. writes. What can !
do to prevent them?"
Every year 1t becomes easier 10 an
sswer questions similar to this. Hay
fever 'isiof two typeS-that which comes
in the spring and the regular August
autumn kind. AS a rule spring hay
fever Is due TO grass pollen, while thae
of the AUgust-auturnn type is due in
the main to
A sufferer can discover which pollen
onuses his trouble b. having skin tests
made. The pollen v~acciTes prepared for
making these tests are gut out by the
drus manufacturing concerns. and any
physician can get theIe. The method
or resting is so simple hat any physl-
cian cen carry 1t out,
The time to make thnse tests Is now
lruat,s in advance az ,he hay fever sea-
son. Intact. it is already rather late TO
hesia q campaign TO ward OF spring
HAY fever This spring,
aacing established which pollens arc
responsible, the next step is 20 teSt 70
sec how sensitive tho patient Is, Tests
sae made with pollen extracts diluted
as little .asI1.to leo, with other dhutioHs
Of | TO 100. 0o0, and with sun other olio"
tioTi:; in between.
Maving determined the smallest dose
wllch will . a reaction treatment
to decrease sepsitivcness is begun. The
tnaatment. consists III getting the patient
used to this pollen by injecting him ny
poaermiealiy with very small doses OF
it-,aoses too small to cause any re1c-
ton. II time is pressing the injections
should he given at -four day intervals.
If there is plenty Of time the interval
sfsould be one week The amount in
tectas should be Increased slightly each
week. After many treatments the pa
tiena becomes SO accustomed 70 poi
lens that he no longer reacts to them.
II a case ,come3 OH at the hay fever
season end has the typical symptoms
OF hay fever it cEn usually be presumed
that the case is one of hay fever and
the only testing that naed he done Is lot
constituencies to pollen.
The nusaber Of hay Fever sufferers
who chase the climate cure runs into
the thousands, the amount OF money
they e,,end ANNUALLY Into The millions.
The only proper basis for the selection
of a hay Seger resort is q skin test
made on the subject, not ON the resort.
The question IL not whether Jones gets
relief at EaltaJr, but whether this par
ticular indiYiduei will. The only way
to know tina is Tor the person interested
to have himself tested and then to go
somewhere w6ene his pet aversion does
not abound.
Some hay fever subjects develop
chiaI asthma cward the latter part
of the hay fever season, some still earl
Ter in the course OF the complaint. These
cases faii into t-~ groups. IA chs
group there In 30 mach pollen and the
paSIent is so sensitive that the pollen
gets into his tubes and sets up a ondi-
ton there similar to the we'll known
condition. In the nose aad eyes.
There is nothing for persons IN ms
group to do but stay in rooms, the open
windows OF which are covered by damp
cheese csSth. n to wear wells. AZ
coon, as the season is over they should
begiA vaccination. 30 as TO be reaoy
for the next season.
The sesJ-d group develop bronchial
asthma. became they are highly sus-
ceptibie to thsN poisons from certain
bronchial tube ba8feria. as well 80 TO
pollens. Therefore, II hay fever sub
jccts who are accustomed TO develop
ing bronchial asthma before the esascn
IS a.=ar s!:c:ia haze ss..::: tess made .er
susceptibility to pollenp. ann, also iof