Grass pollen emerged this week, about 2 weeks ahead of schedule for a typical grass season. Combining with tree pollen, especially the recent high levels of oak, the addition of grass pollen will plague seasonal allergy sufferers throughout the Capital Region.
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Friday, May 7, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Tree Pollen Continues to Aggrevate
An exceptionally strong tree pollen season continues to aggrevate allergy sufferers in the Capital Region. The last 3 days have seen pollen counts at extremely high levels dominated by oak and mulberry. Recent abnormally warm weather may be the cause. Tree pollen allergy causes "cold like" symptoms including sneezing, runny nose and scratchy throat. Eye symptoms including watering, redness and itching. See our previous blog for allergy avoidance tips.
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