{"id":40230,"date":"2025-10-08T17:30:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T17:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/?post_type=procedure&#038;p=40230"},"modified":"2025-10-08T17:30:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T17:30:30","slug":"seasonal-allergies-hay-fever","status":"publish","type":"procedure","link":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/procedure\/seasonal-allergies-hay-fever\/","title":{"rendered":"Seasonal Allergies (Hay Fever)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is Seasonal Allergy testing?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Seasonal allergies occur when your immune system reacts to airborne pollens released by <strong>trees (spring)<\/strong>, <strong>grasses (late spring\/summer)<\/strong>, and <strong>weeds like ragweed (late summer\/fall)<\/strong>. Typical symptoms include sneezing, nasal congestion, runny\/itchy nose, itchy\/watery eyes, sore throat, cough, and fatigue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What to expect during testing?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Brief history to map symptoms to local pollen seasons.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Skin prick testing<\/strong> on forearm or back with tiny drops of multiple pollens; results in <strong>15\u201320 minutes<\/strong> (small, itchy \u201cwheal\u201d).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If needed, <strong>intradermal testing<\/strong> or <strong>specific IgE blood tests<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guidance on temporarily <strong>stopping antihistamines 5\u20137 days<\/strong> before skin testing (only if safe for you).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Personalized plan reviewed the same day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40267,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"specialty":[1286],"class_list":["post-40230","procedure","type-procedure","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","specialty-allergist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/procedure\/40230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/procedure"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/procedure"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"specialty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/specialty?post=40230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}