To alert hay-fever sufferers, iPhone app
FEVER sufferers across the country are being offered help by a new iPhone application.
The free application allows pollen per day alert, province by province and forecast warns users of pollen levels.
The product – available on the Apple iTunes Store – also provides opportunities for the next day. Executive Director of the company, Dr Jean Holohan, said this summer has been particularly bad for the nearly 423,000 people suffering from hay fever in Ireland.
She said: “The cold snap in January delayed the spring bloom — subsequent rains and now the current good weather have created the perfect storm in terms of pollen and hay fever.
“These are boom conditions for pollen production.”
He advised patients to projections in the eye to remove pollen and wear wraparound shades.





