hay fever

Converse of object

• cause: Pollen grains from a variety of common plants can cause hay fever.
• have: In 1926 0.5 % of people had hay fever.
• develop: Thirty to forty percent of people who had hay fever often developed asthma.

Converse of subject

affect: Some patients are so severally affected by hay fever that they need oral or injected steroid treatment.

Adjective modifier

typical: The histamine produces swelling and irritation of the upper airways and causes typical hay fever and asthmatic symptoms.

Modifies a noun

• sufferer: Pollen counts are taken during the summer months to warn hay fever sufferers of high levels.
• symptom: Many welders or hairdressers who suffer hay fever symptoms may have a claim for allergic rhinitis.
• season: The hay fever season is a common time for asthma to get worse.
• remedy: What hay fever remedies can be used with asthma drugs?
• medication: Madigan said: " Norvir is not like a hay fever medication... It is a drug they take to survive.
• treatment: For more information on the range of hay fever treatments available, contact your family doctor or local pharmacist.

Noun used with modifier

summer: Seasonal allergic asthma may be accompanied by summer hay fever, although it can also occur alone.

Preposition: for

time: I had a sore throat, a runny nose and hay fever for the first time.