Hay fever, or seasonal allergic rhinitis, affects thousands of Irish people.

Also known as seasonal allergic rhinitis, it is caused by an allergy to pollen in grasses, hay and trees.

Conclusions: Montelukast alone or in combination with loratadine is well tolerated and provides clinical and quality-of-life benefits for patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis.

Background: Allergen immunotherapy (desensitization) by injection is effective for seasonal allergic rhinitis and has been shown to induce long-term disease remission.

Background: Antihistamines effectively treat seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR), although the ability of this drug class to reduce nasal congestion is limited.

Background: Seasonal allergic rhinitis is often regarded as a trivial condition which patients should treat themselves.

Seasonal allergic rhinitis, more commonly known as hay fever, seems to be arriving earlier each year.

Seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR) is an optimal disease model for the study of DNA methylation because of its well-defined phenotype and etiology.