{"id":354667,"date":"2018-03-31T10:50:59","date_gmt":"2018-03-31T09:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/be-proactive-about-spring-allergies\/"},"modified":"2018-03-31T10:50:59","modified_gmt":"2018-03-31T09:50:59","slug":"be-proactive-about-spring-allergies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/be-proactive-about-spring-allergies\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Proactive About Spring Allergies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                            \t<!-- S3 Cache --><!-- S3:S3:Non-Original -->\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Dr. Mercola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pollen is one of the most common allergens in America. Nearly 50 million people in the U.S. suffer from nasal allergies and as many as 30 percent of adults and 40 percent of children are affected. According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) allergies are the sixth leading cause of chronic illness in the U.S.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2018\/03\/28\/how-to-treat-spring-allergies.aspx#_edn1\" name=\"_ednref1\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The AAFA released a list of the worst cities to live in when you suffer from spring allergies.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2018\/03\/28\/how-to-treat-spring-allergies.aspx#_edn2\" name=\"_ednref2\">2<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0The report uses pollen scores, allergy medication use and the number of board-certified allergists who practice in the area as some of the criteria to develop the list. The top five cities are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jackson, Mississippi<\/li>\n<li>Memphis, Tennessee<\/li>\n<li>Syracuse, New York<\/li>\n<li>Louisville, Kentucky<\/li>\n<li>McAllen, Texas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Worst Spring Allergy Offender \u2014 The Oak Tree<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Allergies to pollen are extremely common. Pollen is an airborne allergen carried by the wind and released from a variety of trees, grasses and weeds. Many of the allergens in the spring are the result of tree pollen, the biggest offender of which is the oak tree. According to Dr. Martha White at the Institute for Asthma and Allergy in Wheaton, Maryland:<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2018\/03\/28\/how-to-treat-spring-allergies.aspx#_edn3\" name=\"_ednref3\">3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cPeople suffering this time of year are allergic to tree pollen. The biggest offender during the tree pollen season is the oak tree \u2026 Oak goes on for about six weeks, sometimes eight weeks, whereas the rest of the trees pollinate over a one- to two-week period and then they\u2019re gone.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"amazon-element-wrapper-custom align-right\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-med-image\"><span class=\"amazon-image-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dr-Kings-Natural-Medicine-Allergies\/dp\/B001TP2WCE?SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;tag=lrc18-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=B001TP2WCE\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51acNKxJ9mL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"amazon-image amazon-image-medium\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-title\"><span class=\"appip-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dr-Kings-Natural-Medicine-Allergies\/dp\/B001TP2WCE?SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;tag=lrc18-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=B001TP2WCE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dr. Kingu2019s Natural&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-author\"\/><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-formatted-price\"><span class=\"appip-formatted-price\"><span class=\"appip-label label-formatted-price\">Buy New <\/span>$14.99<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-disclaimer-new\"><span style=\"display:block;color:#888;font-size: .80em; padding: 0 0 3px 0;\">(as of 02:35 EDT &#8211; <span style=\"cursor:pointer;\" title=\"Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date\/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on Amazon.com at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.\">Details<\/span>)<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-button\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/aws\/cart\/add.html?AssociateTag=lrc18-20&amp;SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;ASIN.1=B001TP2WCE&amp;Quantity.1=1\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/wp-content\/mu-plugins\/amazon-ad-link-lr\/img\/buy-from-tan.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2016\/04\/11\/surviving-spring-allergy-season.aspx\">Spring allergies<\/a>\u00a0or seasonal allergies are often referred to as hay fever and trigger symptoms irritating your sinuses, skin and eyes. Worldwide, seasonal allergies affect between 10 percent and 30 percent of the population.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2018\/03\/28\/how-to-treat-spring-allergies.aspx#_edn4\" name=\"_ednref4\">4<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0While most turn to antihistamines,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/2018\/03\/joseph-mercola\/be-proactive-about-spring-allergies\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dr. Mercola Pollen is one of the most common allergens in America. Nearly 50 million people in the U.S. suffer from nasal allergies and as many as 30 percent of adults and 40 percent of children are affected. According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) allergies are the sixth leading cause [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-354667","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}