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WHAT IS POLLEN?

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Topic: Hay Fever
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WHAT IS POLLEN? Pollen grains are the dust-like male reproductive parts of plants. When pollen becomes airborne you may inhale it or get it into your eyes. If you are one of the 35.9 million people in the United States that are allergic to pollen, you will experience Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis. Russian Olive leaf, fruit and pollen WHAT IS SEASONAL ALLERGIC RHINITIS? Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis is the medical term for what is commonly called hay fever. It refers to symptoms caused by pollen from trees, grasses and weeds. Unlike the name implies, hay fever does not come from hay and fever is not one of the symptoms. Symptoms can include sneezing, runny nose, watery eyes, coughing, stuffy nose, clear watery nasal discharge, itchy eyes and back of the throat. Symptoms that persist for more than a week increase the likelihood that allergies are the cause and not the common cold. WHAT IS A POLLEN COUNT? A pollen count is the actual count of the pollen in a cubic meter of air. The air is sampled by a device that collects the pollen on an acrylic rod greased with silicone called a Rotorod Sampler. The rod is spun at 2400 rpms for a specified period of time, after which the rod is stained and the pollen is counted under a microscope. The pollen is identified by type and reported as the number of grains per cubic meter of air. Pondersora Pine, pollen and tree TREES GRASS WEEDS ABSENT: 0 0 0 LOW: 0 15 0 5 0 10 MODERATE: 15 90 5 20 10 50 HIGH: 90 599 20 50 50 90 VERY HIGH: over 600 over 50 over 90 WHAT DOES THE POLLEN COUNT MEAN? Pollen counts are reported in ranges to help individuals and their physicians relate the pollen level to the anticipated severity of the allergy symptoms. The most common way to categorize pollen is listed in the following table. These levels are consistent with levels currently used by the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI), modified for the local area based on historical data. YEARLY ALLERGEN CYCLES Plant cycles ...

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