How to Combat Spring Allergies

Someone forward you this email? No sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here. Follow Us     How to Combat Spring Allergies Spring is the most common time of the year for people to experience seasonal allergy symptoms. As the weather gets warmer and plants start to bloom, trees and grasses release pollen into the air, triggering allergic symptoms in those with seasonal allergies. Colorful flowers also bloom in the spring, and are often blamed as the cause of spring allergies.   Daniel More, MD Allergies Expert Spring Pollen Allergy  Spring pollen allergies are usually a result of pollen from trees, which can start pollinating anytime from January to April, depending on the climate and location. Trees that are known to cause severe allergies include oak, olive, elm, birch, ash, hickory, poplar, sycamore, maple, cypress and walnut. While some trees may release pollen to some degree in the fall, elm is the major tree known to pollinate mainly in the fall season. READ NOW » Share   Why don't allergists test for allergies to flowers?  When people think of hay fever, the thought of brightly colored flowers come to mind. Even on many of the television commercials for allergy medications, you’ll see roses, daisies and other brightly colored flowers along with a woman sneezing. But when you go to the allergist, why aren’t you tested for allergies to these flowers? READ NOW » Share   How Does Pollen Cause Allergies?  Pollen consists of tiny, egg-shaped, powdery grains released from flowering plants, which are carried by the wind or insects and serve to cross-pollinate other plants of the same type for reproductive purposes. When pollen is present in the air, it can land in a person’s eyes, nose, lungs and skin and cause an allergic reaction. READ NOW » Share   MORE FROM ABOUT.COM Advertisement About Health | Follow Us:     You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Allergies newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved - Privacy Policy