Allergy Season – Various Seasonal Effects on Allergies

For millions of people world-wide a change in the seasons means a change in feeling. Allergy sufferers everywhere know that a slight warmth in the air or chill means the start of a new and grueling season; the allergy season.

Allergy Season – Bracing for the Kleenex

For many people, the start of allergy season means a new and constant battle with runny noses, itchy eyes, and contant sneezing. While we call it a “season”, seemingly implying that it only occurs once a year, it’s really a year long affair. Depending on your allergies you may find yourself fine in fall and sputtering in spring or sensational in summer and weary in winter. For those fortunate enough not to be plagued by allergies, the most common allergy symptoms include runny nose, itchy eyes, watery eyes, and sneezing. More severe allergy sufferers may find themselves having a hard time breathing. The fact of the matter is that different people suffer from different allergies, and your particular ailment can determine what part of year you find to be allergy season, and therefore what time or times of year you find yourself miserable.

Fall Allergies – the Turning of the Sneeze

While most people associate fall with the turning of the leaves and cooler crisper air, allergy sufferers associate it with doubling up on allergy meds and steering clear of ragweed. There are many culprits for the fall allergies season wreaking havoc on its victims. As in most other seasons of the year, fall brings the mating ritual of plants: the release of pollen into the air. Ragweed, one of the most common allergens and fall reproducing plants, can travel miles on the wind and terrorize fall allergies sufferers in towns far from where it originates. Other fall allergens include mold, which can develop in the piles of damp leaves and pinestraw laying about after being shutterred from trees, and dust mites which can be stirred to life the first time a furnace in your home kicks on.

Winter Allergies – the Other Common Cold

Many people mistake their cold weather sniffling and sneezing to the common cold. It’s important, however, to discern the difference between the two in order to seek out the correct treatment and relief. Some common symptoms of winter allergies are much the same of those symptoms prevelant in other seasonal allergy sufferers: watery and clear nasal drip and itchy eyes and throat. These differ from the common cold in that anything that comes out of your nose when you have the common cold will be discolored, you will suffer from chills rather than itchy eyes and throat, and you should see relief within a few days.Winter allergies are generally triggered by the same irritants that stir up fall and spring allergens, with the exception of pollen. When you have bundled yourself up in your house and turned up the heat things tend to get a little bit more humid, creating a perfect breeding ground for mildew and mold in your home. If you have pets you are also probably spending more time with them, and their dander, while trying to keep warm inside. The bad news is that those who suffer from allergies in a specific season may also be prone to suffer every other season as well.