Spring season is the season wherein allergies rule the roost. It is a common sight to see people going through their regular seasonal rituals of sneezing and coughing. Around 35 million Americans suffer from spring season allergy every year. These people are affected by Season allergy rhinitis commonly knows as hay fever.
Well, there is no miracle medicine available right now to cure spring Allergy. However, symptoms can be reduced and a great deal of comfort can be provided to the patient by some drugs and household habits.
The major culprit is pollen. As trees bloom the airborne pollen comes in contact with the people around. The ones who are sensitive to pollen tend to develop an allergy. The entry of pollen into the nose of sensitive individuals presses the panic button for the immune system which leads to its over-reactivity. This results in allergic symptoms.
Pollen is an avid traveller. It loves long drives. This makes life miserable for sensitive individuals. The higher the pollen count the higher the misery. The pollen count indicates the number of allergens present in the airborne grains per cubic meter.
Listen to your daily Weather report or visit the website of the National Association of broadcasters (NAB). You can also go through the Pollen & Mold Counts page on the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology’s web site.
List of Usual Suspects:
The following is the list of usual culprits:
Treees
- Alder
- Ash
- Aspen
- Beech
- Box elder
- Cedar
- Cottonwood
- Cypress
- Elm
- Hickory
- Juniper
- Maple
- Mulberry
- Oak
- Olive
- Palm
- Pine
- Poplar
- Sycamore
- Willow
Grasses and weeds
- Bermuda
- Fescue
- Johnson
- June
- Orchard
- Perennial rye
- Redtop
- Saltgrass
- Sweet vernal
- Timothy
