checks presence and severity of allergic reaction to 20+ most common pollen
Hayfever Check
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assess alternative triggers for hayfever symptoms such as dust mites & pets
samples are taken at home and evaluated by Swiss lab
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The Hayfever Check is a medical test specifically designed for home use and your sample will be evaluated by a Swiss lab.
With the Hayfever Check, we assess presence and severity of an allergic reaction to the 20+ most common pollen which caues hayfever. To verify there is no alternative cause for your hayfever symptoms, we also check for an allergic reaction triggered by different types of animal dandor.
Why getting tested will make a difference
#1 Get your medication in time
If you know what you are allergic to, you can check when those pollen hit the air and get your medication in time.
#2 Know when to stay indoors
Providers like meteo suisse not only offer a daily pollen radar but also a forecast. If you know which pollen will drive you into a sneeze-attack, you can check and schedule your outdoor time accordingly.
#3 Know which locations to avoid
Thinkung about moving? Check the trees in front of your new window and make sure they will not make you cry for three months of the year. Issues at the office? Maybe there is a tree outside your window. Ask your boss to move desks.
#4 Figure out possible treatments
Knowing what you are allergic to can help you figure out possible treatments. For example, for a lot of hayfever-causing pollen, there are now oral treatments for immunotherapy - so you could potentially cure your hayfever without lots and lots of injections!
How it works
Step 1:
Order your hayfever test
- if you order before 5:30pm, your test will arrive the next working day, otherwise it arrives on the 2nd working day
- all tests arrive with Swiss Post
Step 2:
Activate test & take your sample
- activate your test online using the code in your test box and then take your sample
- put the sample into the Retourbox and return it to our Swiss lab by dropping the box into any mailbox
Step 3:
Get your test results online
- log in to view your results online within 2-3 days
- results tell you what is causing your hayfever and provide some recommendations on how to use that information best
What the test checks for
| Type of Pollen | Season |
|
Alder |
January - June with break end of April/beginning of May |
|
Birch |
March - May |
|
Hazelnut |
January - April |
|
Ash tree |
March - May |
|
Rye |
May - August |
|
Mugwort |
July - September |
|
Plantain |
April - September |
|
12 Types of Grass |
April - September |
|
Dust mites |
All year round |
|
Cats |
All year round |
|
Dogs |
All year round |
|
Guinea pigs |
All year round |
|
Cockroach |
All year round |
How you can treat hayfever
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Symptom management
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Immunotherapy
Hayfever medication for symptoms
If you have hayfever, there is a good chance, that you are already familiar with the wide array of pills, nose sprays and eye drops available to manage your hayfever symptoms. The most common medications are so called anti-histamines. To understand how they work you have to understand that hayfever is basically a faulty reaction from your immune system to for example pollen. Anti-histamines work to suppress this reaction of your immune system. There are anti-histamines which work locally - for example as a nose spray - and pills which work systematically across all your symptoms. Older versions of these pills tended to make you really tired, but newer ones don´t - so make sure to get the right ones!
Immunotherapy for long-term hayfever treatment
If you have hayfever, your immune system - erroneously - reacts to allergens from the plant kingdom like pollen.
With immunotherapy, you train your immune system not to do that anymore. That means, you intentionally expose your body to the respective allergen in the form of tablets or injections for over around 2 to 3 years. If all goes well, that will actually cure your hayfever or in the very least drastically reduce your symptoms. While it takes some time, it is definitely worth giving it a thought since over time, hayfever can get worse and even lead to aasthma.