Not yet gone to the heights of the snow, the first Pollen to fly in February. 2019, in particular, the alder plaguing Allergy sufferers, pollen is in many places violently. Also, the birch flowering can’t for a long time to wait, experts say.
- Hazel, alder, birch: This Pollen are already active
- Also, with no official Pollen count, remember, and Allergy problems
- What should people with hay fever
Tablets, nasal spray, eye drops and tissues For many pollen Allergy sufferers feels the February, this year, like April or may. Double-digit temperatures, some strong sun and no rain – before the meteorological start of spring on 1. In March, the concentration of alder pollen increased in some places in Germany to exceptionally high values.
Record of alder pollen
In Berlin last week, had been measured in a single day, the highest ever since 1985, as measured by number of alder pollen in the air, says meteorologist Thomas Dümmel of the FU Berlin. The previous record of 2017, which was already an extreme value, has been exceeded accordingly.
The German Foundation for pollen information service recently reported in a prediction of "rarely observed Niveaus" when the concentration of alder pollen in the North – West German lowlands. The seasonal peak values were reached. As a reason, it was suspected that the kittens have matured due to spring-like conditions at almost the same time and the Pollen be distributed optimally.
Hazel pollen in December
"For Allergy sufferers it was not the Traumwinter", the Director of the Allergy centre of the Charité hospital in Berlin, Torsten Zuberbier stated, with a view to the largely mild weather conditions in most regions of Germany. "To were Christmas hazel pollen-plagued Allergy-free, except, perhaps, in the high mountains."
Since about 20 years, the Trend towards ever-shorter really pollen-free time in the Winter is going to continue, emphasizes making beer. The intensity of Pollen have increased. "You get the feeling that climate change has arrived. Plants love this weather." The trees used "Warmzeiten" for reproduction.
Birch soon begins to bloom
On hazel and alder, which in the next time-decaying values to be expected, the Allergy-free fright birch: "You can now be expected that the birch is starting soon with full force to blühen", making beer says. He expects one to two weeks earlier to Start flowering than usual, possibly in early March.
Dümmel is not, however, from a Start before the middle, at the end of March – provided there are no cold period to come. Birch but in comparison to other trees considerably more Pollen at once.
Hay Fever: Symptoms
Hay fever affects according to the pollen information service about twelve million people in Germany, according to a study by the Robert Koch-Institute more than a Million Affected children and adolescents. The RKI provides allergic diseases as one of the most common health problems in children and adolescents. The Deposits have stabilised at a high level.
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The Hygiene is now regarded as one of the factors that favor the Emergence of allergies. Pollen is actually harmless, the sensitized immune system of Allergy sufferers switch, nevertheless, when in contact with the mucous membranes on defense:
- Watery, itchy eyes
- Sneezing
- a strong cold
The complaints can threaten them with time, especially if left untreated – in addition to the upper respiratory tract, the lower respiratory tract affect, and chronic Asthma.
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Despite the Pollen count: Allergy sufferers should be in the nature
Sufferers hay fever acute symptoms with tablets used to suppress so-called antihistamines. Sometimes Doctors also prescribe medicines with cortisone against inflammation. In addition, the so-called hyposensitization, as a rule, a longer duration of therapy is outside of the pollen season. This may lead after some time to the improvement of the signs of the disease.
Pollen Allergy sufferers who react to early bloomers should still " also now in the nature: ;17 degrees and the sun have a positive impact on the health of the Menschen", Freiburg medical meteorologist Andreas Matzarakis of the German press Agency said. The spring breeze do to the mind and hardness:
"With good weather you can train the body." This was the case as well wetterfühlige or weather-sensitive people who get to feel a change in the weather physically, be it by head or knee pain.
Hay fever before the pollen warning
Allergy sufferers should not be surprised, if you notice, even before the beginning of flowering time responses: "Even if in the air, no Pollen is to be measured, of all the genes in the vicinity of the trees present sein", making beer says. In the case of the substances, people with allergies respond, he said, to the smallest, invisible to the human eye protein pieces in the pollen grain.
"These particles can emit also before the beginning of flowering and the air carried werden", according to the scientist. Without the daily work in the garden, you can come with allergens in contact. "If the tree is in front of the window, that will be enough."