Ragweed, seen right here, can set off allergy symptoms for some folks. Ragweed is widespread within the fall. Analysis has discovered that the window for seasonal allergy symptoms is getting longer.
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Ragweed, seen right here, can set off allergy symptoms for some folks. Ragweed is widespread within the fall. Analysis has discovered that the window for seasonal allergy symptoms is getting longer.
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So many crops are blooming proper now — and so are folks’s allergy symptoms.
And if it appears like your allergy symptoms, or these of your family and friends, are getting worse — you are in all probability proper.
That is in keeping with a evaluate revealed Wednesday within the journal The Laryngoscope wanting on the hyperlink between local weather change and allergic rhinitis, or hay fever.
So at present, we flip again to a traditional Quick Wave episode from Brit Hanson and Maddie Sofia, who spoke to allergy skilled Dr. Juanita Mora about some fast suggestions for managing seasonal allergy symptoms.
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This episode was reported and produced by Brit Hanson. It was fact-checked by Rasha Aridi, and edited by Viet Le. Josh Newell and Robert Rodriguez have been the audio engineers.
