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Allergies come most severely in the fall, when plants such as ragweed germinate, and in the spring, when trees and grasses release their pollen into...
...only mid-March, but while Boston is still digging itself out from under the "blizzard of '93", pollen will soon be in the air, bringing with it yet another barrage of Kleenex and antihistamine medications...
...meteorologist Bruce W. Schwoegler says that some allergens, such as tree pollen, are in constant supply. But the peak season for the Boston area, says Schwoegler, is late May and early June...
Schwoegler says that dry, breezy, warm days can stimulate a high release of pollen. In the Boston area, oak pollen seems the worst offender, he says...
...body's often violent response to spring is actually a reaction to specific chemicals on pollen known as allergens. Common allergies are the result of hyper-sensitivity to a rather innocuous antigen...