Allergy suffer from extreme pollen load

Allergy sufferers throughout Germany under extreme pollen load

27.04.2011

The pollen season is in full swing. Regular clouds of pollen blow through the air with every gust of wind. Not only allergy sufferers in the rural regions but also in the big cities with especially many green areas like Hannover or Essen suffer affected people with the symptoms of hayfever. The pollen load of the air has risen massively in the course of the particularly warm, relatively dry weather conditions of recent weeks. With the onset of birch pollen flight earlier this month, thousands of hay fever sufferers across Germany have begun the most unpleasant time of the year. Everywhere is currently the yellowish pollen in the air.

Pollen pollution this year is extremely extreme
Itchy eyes, dripping nose, coughing and headaches are the typical symptoms that hay fever patients are currently struggling with. The high season of pollen is in full swing, although this year's pollen load is particularly extreme due to the warm weather conditions, explained the allergist dr. Tilman Genz opposite the online portal „The West“. So would „Patients who previously only had hay fever (...) now have asthmatic complaints“ complain and in addition to the usual symptoms such as eye burning, sneezing and asthma and skin changes are increasingly the result. In particular, the birch pollen, which give the pollen its yellowish-greenish color, thereby causing many allergy sufferers, but also the pastures, pine and rape pollen can be a burden for the hay fever sufferers.

Prevent hay fever attacks
To protect against hay fever attacks, allergy sufferers should keep according to the experts best the windows of their homes closed and air only in the rain or in the late evening hours. Clothes worn outside should be stored in a separate room and not taken with them to the bedroom. It is also recommended to wash them frequently. Likewise, the hair should be washed in the evening before going to bed. Even regular nasal douches can help alleviate the symptoms by ridding the nose of deposited pollen. In addition, the insider tip of Dr. Wolfram Feußner Allergologist and Specialist for lung and bronchial medicine from Kassel: To protect against pollen, rub the nose inside with a little Vaseline and gargle with a little cooking oil after getting up.

Pollen also pollutes the motorists
Media report that the extreme pollen count of recent days not only brings allergy sufferers to the limits of resilience, but also curse drivers throughout Germany, the pollen. Every day, masses of pollen settle on the vehicles, which in the long run can also lead to damage in the paint. So driving is currently in line in the whole of Germany in front of the washes to free their vehicle from the yellowish-greenish pollen, but not only possible paint damage but also aesthetic reasons, the one or the other motorists to wash the vehicle. For hay fever patients a luxury problem, because while the car lovers worry about the appearance of their vehicle, allergy sufferers daily with significant pollen due to the health impairments. (Fp)

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Picture: Thomas Max Müller