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Article: THE NOSE KNOWS WHEN POLLEN FLIESHOW ALLERGY SUFFERERS REACT TO PLANT CYCLES.(Living Today)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- May 22, 1986
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Byline: Nancy Ross
Smaller than a grain of sand, more irritating than sneezing powder, able to float miles in a single breeze.
It's - pollen.
The pollen season comes in with a wheeze in early spring, when trees such as oaks, maples, walnuts, ashes, sycamores and elms begin to rain golden dust. In May and June, wild grasses release clouds of pollen, and in late summer and early fall, ragweed, mugwort, Russian thistle and other fall weeds have their turns.
But allergy sufferers hardly need to consult a calendar to see when the season starts. Itchy, watering eyes, uncontrollable sneezing, headaches, and other disturbing symptoms herald ...