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Article: Misery is in the air.(Health)(This year, the valley's pollen season came on suddenly for allergy sufferers, who can expect another 25 days of pain)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- May 27, 2005
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Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard
This week's warm, windy weather has brought on a rite of spring in the Willamette Valley: the great grass pollen explosion.
A heavy load of grass pollen in the air is sending vulnerable immune systems into high alert.
The result: itchy eyes, runny noses and general misery.
"When this wind kicked up and everything dried out, pretty much every allergy sufferer in the city of Eugene went into the red zone," said Ruth Wilday, a Eugene woman who gets hammered by the seasonal allergies.
Grass pollen season in this region usually runs from Memorial Day to the Fourth of July, local allergists ...