{"id":1693,"date":"2014-08-28T18:30:15","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T23:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bhauermedia.com\/midwestaa\/?p=1"},"modified":"2014-08-28T18:30:15","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T23:30:15","slug":"early-allergy-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwent.net\/early-allergy-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Allergy Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ALLERGY SEASON COMES EARLY DUE TO UNUSUALLY MILD WINTER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cwinter that wasn\u2019t\u201d in conjunction with a warm March could deliver<br \/>\none of the strongest allergy season\u2019s we\u2019ve seen in quite some time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe warmer weather approaching melting the snow contributes to an increase of mold<br \/>\nspores, this followed by an early release of pollen could deliver a very strong, and long, allergy season\u201d,<br \/>\nsaid Dr. Zachary, a board-certified allergist and immunologist at Midwest Allergy &#038; Asthma in Eagan, Burnsville, and Maplewood MN.<\/p>\n<p>As a rule Dr. Zachary recommends for patients with yearly seasonal allergies to start taking their<br \/>\nmedications by St. Patrick\u2019s Day; this often helps her patients to circumvent allergy symptoms<br \/>\naltogether. This year is no exception and with our recent warm up Dr. Zachary is already seeing<br \/>\npatients for allergy symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsually the upsurge in allergy symptoms starts in late April\u201d, she said. \u201cHowever, in the last week we<br \/>\nhave seen an increase in the number of people with various complaints of a runny nose; sneezing;<br \/>\nnasal congestion; itchy eyes, ears and throat; and wheezing\u201d Zachary said.<\/p>\n<p>Conditions could change to make this allergy season more manageable. For example a rainy spring<br \/>\nwould wash the pollen out of the air. But dry, windy, warm days make things worse.<br \/>\nIn addition to taking your allergy medications at the start of symptoms or before, Dr. Zachary also<br \/>\nsuggests some simple precautions, to reduce your exposure to pollen.<br \/>\nKeeping windows closed and turning on the air conditioner helps to keep pollen out of the indoor air.<br \/>\nShowering and changing clothes following work outdoors is also helpful.<br \/>\nIt is important for allergy sufferers to be aware that this March could be the start of a very strong and<br \/>\nlong pollen season. Taking steps to reduce pollen exposure and treat your symptoms through your<br \/>\nallergy medications before they start will help individuals to avoid the pitfalls of their allergy symptoms<br \/>\nand enjoy this beautiful weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALLERGY SEASON COMES EARLY DUE TO UNUSUALLY MILD WINTER The \u201cwinter that wasn\u2019t\u201d in conjunction with a warm March could deliver one of the strongest allergy season\u2019s we\u2019ve seen in quite some time. \u201cThe warmer weather approaching melting the snow contributes to an increase of mold spores, this followed by an early release of pollen&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwent.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1693"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwent.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwent.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwent.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwent.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mwent.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1693\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwent.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwent.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwent.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}