How Weather Change Affects Allergies

The connection between the weather and your allergies acting up is scientific. Winter and spring are notoriously known as allergy season, but this belief isn’t very factual All seasons have the potential to trigger your allergies and your allergies will be activated as long as there are allergens that you are susceptible to, in the air. Being informed goes a long way in helping you deal with your allergies. A majority of allergy medications have the maximum effect if you begin taking them before your allergies fire up.

Winter-Spring

Spring might seem like the time of the year when you sneeze the most or experience a stuffy nose and other symptoms associated with allergies, and there is a good reason why. Most plants release pollen into the air during Springtime and this pollen triggers allergies. Grass pollen levels are also at their highest during the late Spring-early Summer time period. Outdoor mold begins releasing spores during the spring. These spores too, can aggravate/cause allergies. Tree pollen levels also peak around this time.

Spring-Summer

Summer is synonymous with grass allergies in several parts of the US. The amount of grass pollen in the air reaches a bothersome amount in the late-May to mid-July. The quantity of outdoor mold spores generally reach their hilt in July. However, colder states of the US are not subject to heightened outdoor mole spores levels until October. In humid states, mold release spores all year through.

Summer-Fall

Ragweed is notorious for being a common allergy trigger. The Ragweed plant releases its pollen between late Summer and early Fall. You can expect Ragweed pollen levels to reach their maximum in September.

Fall-Winter

In the Fall-Winter season, you may still breathe easy. The incidences of pollen in the air are at their lowest during this time annually. Indoor allergy symptoms though may increase. It is because people spend maximum time indoors during the colder season and it exposes them, more than ever, to indoor allergy triggers.

What Can You Do?

Now that you know more about the prevalence of allergens in the air during the year, you will be able to notice which time of the year you happen to be most susceptible to allergy symptoms. At Phoenix Family Medical Clinic, we take your allergies seriously. We understand how it can hamper your regular day-today functioning. Talk to us and let us know if you think your allergies are more active during one season than another. We will run you through the necessary tests and inform you about the things you should steer clear of, to keep your allergies in check. We will also prescribe you due medications which you can take well before the culprit season begins. It will keep you protected and ready when the season inevitably rolls around. You will no longer have to fall victim to your allergies.

You can call us or email us to schedule an appointment or simply walk in to our clinic and discuss your allergies. Let us help you fight your allergies, clinically and effectively!

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