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If you are sniffing, sneezing and have itchy eyes, you are not alone. Americans all across the country are suffering during one of the worst allergy seasons in years. Reports from weather experts say this spring is an unusually bad season because of the very cold winter. Many plants may have bloomed later than usual because of the cold temperatures, and this late blooming has overlapped the normal blooming of other plants. Right now some areas in the deep South are seeing double the normal amount of pollen as a result.
“While trees, grass and weeds cause allergy sufferers pain in nearly all regions during early April, mold in the Northeast caused by record rain and flooding is amplifying allergy problems,” the article says.
Pollen, a fine yellow dust that can irritate sinuses, and cause severe reactions for seasonal allergy suffers, experts say. About 20% of Americans suffer from allergies, according to the Milwaukee, Wis.-based-American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
“Everywhere, it seems, is covered in a fine yellow dust that irritates our lives,” the article says. “Experts say it’s the worst they’ve seen in years in many areas.”
Dr. Mona Mangat, an allergy specialist in St. Petersburg, Fla., called the season a “wicked bad year,” describing it as the worst she’s seen in her six years at the office. “We’re just overwhelmed with patients right now,” she told the AP. “We’re double-and-triple booked with new patients, trying to work in people because we know how much people are suffering.” But there is relief.
