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Article: COMIN' AH-CHOO TEPID TEMPERATURES SPEEDING ALLERGY SEASON
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- April 10, 2002
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There's something in the spring air, and it's making lots of
people miserable.
Thanks to an unusually warm winter, trees in New England are
releasing their pollen early - and delivering a bumper crop of
sneezes, drippy noses, and watery eyes to allergy sufferers.
One specialist reported that pollen counts this April have already
ascended to a level not seen till the end of April last year. And
clinics are seeing the impact.
"Things certainly are starting up," said Dr. Javed Sheikh, an
allergy specialist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, "and this
week we're seeing a dramatic increase in patients' symptoms."
Allergy season normally blossoms later in April, when the delicate
blooms on ...