Dealing with Fall Allergies

Though the flowers are no longer blooming and the air is turning crisp and cool, if you are an allergy sufferer you get no reprieve during the fall months. The allergy triggers might be slightly different, but they can be just as misery-inducing as the flower pollen that fills the air in the spring and summer. What are those triggers?

During the fall season, ragweed is the biggest allergy trigger.  It’s found along roadsides, in fields, vacant lots, and other sunny spots. It has finely divided leaves and tiny greenish-white, down-turned blossoms. One ragweed plant can produce one billion pollen grains that can travel from 300 to 700 miles in the air.

Mold is another, especially a problem for people with both asthma and allergies.  Outdoor molds are found in falling leaves, soil vegetation and rotting wood.  Indoor molds are often found in damp household areas such as basements, shower stalls, and near washing machines and dryers.

Dust mites continue to be a problem in the fall, and can be stirred up by dirty ventilation systems.
Common fall allergy and asthma symptoms may include:

If you have asthma year round, but your nasal allergies and eye allergies are more seasonal in nature, it's important to see an allergist and stay on top of the allergy symptoms, so that you can nip them in the bud quickly. When nasal allergies spiral out of control, asthma often follows, even if it has been stable before.

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