Coping With Spring Allergy Season

Filed in archive Allergy Basics on November 5, 2011

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The 2011 spring allergy season is expected to be bad, with pollen levels reaching record highs thanks to heavy winter snows, early spring rains and an early spring warm-up. This is basically a repeat of the 2010 allergy season, which was also miserable.

This trend is due to climate change, according to researchers at the National Academy of Sciences. Managing your allergies on a day-to-day basis can be difficult, but it's certainly possible. Some tips for coping include knowing what triggers your allergies. Just because you sneeze during spring doesn't mean you're allergic to flowers or pollen. You could also be allergic to mold or fungus, and grass and trees are other common spring allergy triggers. Once you visit your allergist and get a skin prick test, you can determine exactly what you're allergic to which will help you to avoid these triggers.