Mold, flower, tree, grass, weed pollen and ragweed are the most common triggers of seasonal allergies.
When Is Allergy Season in the Northern Hemisphere?
Allergy season typically starts in late February and lasts until early summer, then picks again in the autumn.
Flowers
begin to bud in the earlier months of the year, such as late February.
Tree pollen also starts early in the spring, and can leave your car
covered with fluffy green tufts if you park under a pollinating tree.
Grass
can also trigger allergies in late spring and early summer. Weeds
thrive throughout the spring and early summer. Spring can be a truly
miserable time for people with allergies.
If the winter has been a
wet one, and/or the spring is a very rainy one, mold can go mad and
grow rapidly. In this case, mold allergies can last right through until
the fall.
In the autumn, ragweed is on the rise. It’s a weed that
grows in the US from the East Coast to the Midwest. It blooms from
August to November, with peak activity in September each year, just at
the time everyone has to head back to work or school after the summer
vacation.
Ragweed Is Not the Only Autumn Allergen
There are several other plants in North America that can trigger fall allergies. They include:
* Burning bush
* Cocklebur
* Lamb’s quarters
* Mugwort
* Pigweed
* Sagebrush
* Russian thistle
* Tumbleweed
Living in rural areas increases your risk of seasonal allergies.
Now
that we've covered what seasonal allergies are, the main symptoms, and
the most common causes, let’s look at some of the ways to relieve them -
starting with the spring and summer allergies and moving on to the
autumn ones.
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