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What
are the most common
allergens (triggers)?
Pasha Sinus and Allergy Center focuses on the allergens
most common to Texas. Many allergy sufferers react to
the pollen of weeds, trees, and grasses.
- Pollen is carried in the air (may
be as far as hundreds of miles away!) and may be inhaled
by allergy sufferers.
- Early springtime allergens are often
from pollens or trees (e.g. oak, maple, elm, alder,
and birch).
- Late spring allergies often come
from grasses (e.g. Bermuda, Johnson, and Timothy).
- Ragweed is the most common culprit
in weed allergies and occurs primarily in late August
until the first frost or late October.
- Flowery plants tend to have heavy
pollens and do not stay airborne, thus are not a common
cause of allergies.
- Molds are fungi that exist on spoiled
food, mildew, damp places, and household and outdoor
plants. Molds may take the form of spores, which may
drift into the air. Molds do not go away during the
frost and may last most of the year (especially for
indoor molds).
- Other common antigens include dust,
which is a combination of several different antigens
including dust mites, which may live in mattresses,
pillows, and carpets.
- Other allergies may be caused by cats, dogs,
insects, and foods.
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