Living With Pesky Pollen Allergies

Tree pollen allergies, pollen allergies, and bee pollen allergies can all negatively affect our health. Pollen allergies also are known as hay fever and allergic rhinitis, and are the best known allergies of all. People may experience high levels of pollen in their homes as well. Most pollen is in the air, but it can often come indoors. Open windows allow pollen to flow in through the house and can cause your family major allergic reactions. Symptoms of allergies can include sore throat, itchy eyes, itchy nose, clogged or runny nose, and sneezing. In some cases, conjunctivitis can occur, which is the inflammation of the eyelid membrane. Pollens that free float also can be an issue and we can inhale them without having a clue. When people don’t have allergies to pollen, the mucus in their nasal passages moves the pollen particles to the throat and they are coughed out or swallowed. A pollen allergic person has a much harder time of getting rid of symptoms. In some cases, people that have pollen allergies can develop a very serious respiratory condition called asthma. Pollen is particles that can be seen through a small microscope and they are produced by plants that have oval grains. Pollen is the result of reproduction in this type of plant. The pollen types that usually affect pollen sufferers are weed, grass, and tree pollen. When these plants reproduce they send off dry pollen particles that flow with the wind and into our nose or lungs. Most of the allergies-producing pollens are created by a plant that can reproduce in massive quantities, such as ragweed. One ragweed plant can produce over a million of the allergy-inducing particles a day. The basic factor that is considered with regards to hay fever is the chemical makeup of the pollen. Bee pollen allergies and tree pollen allergies occur more often than we think. In North America, there is more than one thousand species of grass and only a small amount can make allergenic pollen. Some of these species include Kentucky bluegrass, sweet vernal, redtop, and orchard grass.