Autumn's Worst Allergens
By Laurie Saloman
Reviewed by QualityHealth's Medical Advisory Board
Spring and summer are usually the first seasons that come to mind when most people think of allergies. But for many people, autumn is just as irritating a season for itchy eyes, runny noses, and scratchy throats. The biggest culprits are ragweed, which makes an appearance by mid-August and can last through October; and mold, which proliferates toward the middle and end of the fall season.
Ragweed is still out in full force during the month of September, according to Devang Doshi, MD, director of the division of pediatric allergy and immunology at Royal Oak Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. In the northern parts of the U.S. it usually starts winding down by the end of September, but ragweed season begins and ends later in the southern states.
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