Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Masks and eye drops the favoured hayfever counter-measures

Do you get hayfever? graph of japanese statisticsWith Japan being in the middle of the ceder pollen season, the most common pollen allergen, this survey from goo Research into hayfever, reported on by japan.internet.com, is quite timely.

Demographics

Between the 12th and 14th of March 2012 1,086 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.9% of the sample were male, 16.5% in their teens, 18.0% in their twenties, 21.6% in their thirties, 16.2% in their forties, 15.7% in their fifties, and 12.0% aged sixty or older.

I get a runny nose, and this year also quite itchy eyes, so I?ve long ago ran to the Ear Nose and Throat quack (he?s good, I recommend him) and got pills, nasal spray and eye drops. The nose spray has long since run out, but the non-drowsy pills are just managing to keep the worst symptoms away, touch any wood except ceder.

Research results

Q1: Do you get hayfever? (Sample size=1,086)

Yes (to SQ) 45.8%
Used to, but now cured (to SQ) 4.9%
No 40.6%
Don?t know 8.7%

Q1SQ: What counter-measures do you (did you) take against hayfever? (Sample size=550)

? Votes Percentage
Wear a mask 358 65.1%
Use eye drops 321 58.4%
Use internal medicine 282 51.3%
Use nasal spray 193 35.1%
Visit a hospital 136 24.7%
Wear goggles 110 20.0%
Eat specific foods 36 6.5%
Get surgery 4 0.7%
Other 16 2.9%
Don?t do anything 45 8.2%

Furthermore, people were asked what they thought was the most most effective treatment. 161 people, or 29.3%, said internal medicine, 145 people or 26.4% a mask, and 63 people or 11.5% eyedrops.

Finally, the 53 people who had their hayfever cured were asked how they did that. 25 people, or 47.2%, said they didn?t do anything specific, 28.3% or 15 people cured it through internal medicine, then 8 people or 15.1% by nasal spray.

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Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatJapanThinks/~3/e2vNxO5f5o4/

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