Article: Female Times: A hay fever free Summer?; What does summer mean to you? Barbecues, long country walks and lazy days in the garden or just one long agonising season of sneezing, itchy eyes, runny nose and general discomfort? GEMMA MURRAY offers advice on some of the latest treatements in this National Allergy Week.(Features)

While warmer weather and new buds herald springtime it can also trigger warning signs that the sneezing season has arrived.

For long, dry summer evenings can be hell on earth for people with hay fever and allergies to pollutants such as dust mites, pet hair and dust.

And as the temperatures soar sufferers become prone to itchy, dry and sensitive skin, constant uncontrollable sneezing, sore throats, weeping eyes and a runny or blocked nose. Severe cases can even instigate asthma, which makes breathing extremely difficult and gives a tight feeling in the ...

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