This story initially appear on VOX and part of Climate table cooperation.
Spring atmosphere warms is a welcome liberation Cold winter Across the United States, but millions of people with seasonal allergies are buried under a tsunami, with sneezing, headache, tears and sinuses to send them back to the house.
Already, Atlanta has Breaked up its pollen recordsWith 14,801 seeds per cubic meter sprayed from pine, oak and birch. Houston Also reported the highest amount of pollen since 2013, when the applications started.
The American asthma and allergies . Your red eyes and red nose do not deceive you – the allergy of the season is becoming worse, a miserable reality for almost almost One of the three American adults and one of the four children.
Why? Sneezing and sniffing are one of these The siren of climate change. In fact, because of heating, pollen is now a threat of almost five in some areas of the United States. Pollen, activating allergies by the main season, is emerging at the beginning of the year, at higher concentrations and lasting longer than year to year. In the spring, the first pollen allergens are from the tree and that started 20 days earlier than 30 years ago, he said Kenneth MendezCEO of AAFA. The increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is directly producing plants to create more pollen while expanding the conditions of the activation temperature to produce pollen in plants.
We heard all the time, 'I have never had allergies before, and now I suddenly feel I have allergies', or 'I feel my allergies are becoming much worse' and it is because the allergic load is much higher because of the climate change, Mr. Mend Mendez said.
For most people, seasonal allergies are an annoying annoyance. But with millions of sensations BLERGH At the same time, it adds a major economic burden in the loss of productivity. Asthma, allergic rhinitis, the condition that you can know is hay sauce and allergic condition Economic expenses billions of dollars Each year in the lost working days, medicine and doctor's visit.
There are also people whose pollen is a more serious problem and can lead to dangerous complications or worsen other health problems. A study shows that the pollen allergy of the tree leads to 25,000 to 50,000 visits to the emergency room Each year, two -thirds from people under 18.
Over time, when the amount of pollen increases, many people with higher sensitive threshold are finding a difficult way that these small particles are a danger. Others are also discovering that the doors and windows cannot protect them, because some of the smallest pollen particles penetrate.
If the trends continue, I think many people will feel suffering from allergies, Mitch Mendez said.
How do we continue to make allergies worse for ourselves
The problem for people with allergies is the defensive mechanism of their bodies sometimes overreacting with something benign. Usually, it leads to mild, easy to treat symptoms. But allergens can also activate more serious complications as Asthma attacksCauses wheezing, breast tightness and shortness of breath. In rare cases, they can lead to anaphylacticA whole body reaction in which airway may swell and blood pressure drops to a dangerous low level.
The majority of pollen allergy is more uncomfortable than dangerous, but the seasonal pollen is everywhere that is almost inevitable, stealthily indoors through the vents, window seals, clothes and pets.