If you are already sneezing a lot because of the hay fever, you will also suffer from a painful oral cavity. It could be a cross allergy.
It turns out that you are not only allergic to birch pollen, but also to apples. A cross allergy is not often recognized, unfortunately. In April’s Plus Magazine you can read everything about nutrition and hay fever. In this video internist/allergist-immunologist Pieter Holm of the Diakonessenziekenhuis in Utrecht tells more about cross allergy and recognizing the complaints.
