Tips on Coping with Allergy Season

Numerous folks consider allergy season to be the spring and autumn periods and feel that they do not experience as many symptoms during the summer months. Additionally, while the majority of people are shivering from the cold in the winter, allergy sufferers are breathing a sigh of relief. Unfortunately, numerous folks suffer from summer allergies or what translates to summertime congestion and respiratory difficulties.

There are various triggers for allergies depending upon the time of the year. The spring allergy season causes hypersensitive reactions and hay fever that are connected to the pollens of blossoming trees similar to ash, birch, oak, poplar, sycamore, and walnut. The latter part of springtime introduces the pollens of a variety of grasses similar to Bermudas, herd's grass, red top, sweet vernal, blue grass, and a various others.

Allergy season enters another phase, as summer gets nearer. In this case, the air becomes drier and the pollens have all gone from the air but higher humidity levels cause mold fungi to grow on such things as leaves, straw, dead grass and other vegetation that flourish in the damper climate. By the time the month of July is ending, the mold spore count is very high and many folks find themselves affected by allergy problems.

If you suffer from hypersensitive reactions in the summer, there are ways you are able to help yourself in addition to just taking your allergy medicine.

• If you decide to spend more than thirty minutes at a time outside consider wearing a pollen mask. Additionally, try to limit your outdoor activities to the morning time when pollen counts are at their lowest
• On days when the pollen count is high keep all of your windows and doors closed and turn the air conditioning on, making sure it is set to recirculation mode.
• While on the subject of air conditioning, be sure that you either clean or change the AC filter at least once every month and do not leave your room air conditioners on when you are not at home.
• Avoid going outside in the evening or after heavy rainfall since this is when mold spore counts are at their highest.

These are just some self-help ways of coping with the annoyance and discomfort of allergy season.