Seasonal Allergies

Coming Into Full Bloom:

The flowers are in full bloom, the trees are getting their leaves and you can't stop the sneezing and watery eyes from moving through your body.  If you tend to fight the environment during the Spring, Summer or Fall, you are most likely battling with seasonal allergies.  Being aware of how the outside environment is affecting you will allow you to stop the sneezing while you enjoy the outdoors. 

Defining Seasonal Allergies

There are two main types of allergies that are known to occur.  The first of these are perennial allergies, which happen at any time of the year.  Some will also refer to these as indoor allergies, as most will occur as a result of dust mites, foods, pets or other foreign substances that are in the indoors.  The second type of allergy is the seasonal allergy, also known as the outdoor set of allergies. 

When you are facing outdoor allergies, you can also expect to be subjected to foreign substances that come into connection with what you are doing.  There are a variety of substances that can cause this reaction, all which are dependent on the individual and what they become hyper sensitive to.  The most common reactions to the outdoor allergies include eye allergies, asthma and hay fever, mostly dependent on the areas in which the outside substances are carried to. 

Types of Seasonal Allergies

Since seasonal allergies come from the outdoors, it is from the growing plants and substances that are found around different seasons that cause reactions.  Each season will have specific changes in what is taking place in the outdoors.  It is from this that one will begin to react to the environment and what is in it. 

The most common types of seasonal allergies occur during the spring, when everything begins to come back to life.  During this time, flowers will begin to come into full bloom.  When they open, they will also have pollens in the middle of them, which is a dust like substance used for reproducing the flowers.  These can be carried by the wind and breathed in by those with allergies, causing a reaction. 

Other plants that are coming into bloom that do not have the pollens can also cause this same reaction because of other smaller and dust like substances that may be in the plant.  Typically, these will occur later in the season, lasting through the summer.  For instance, you can expect for grass pollens to begin to react with your body in the summer seasons, instead of spring, because of the mowing of the grass or moving of grass pollens. 

In the fall, another set of allergies can hit your body and cause for different reactions.  Most likely, if you are being affected by seasonal allergies this late into the year, it is a result from the pollens that come from weeds or from trees that pollinate in the fall.  While everything else moves to harvest, this gives weeds an extra time to begin to come back to life and take over the different areas. 

If you seem to be having an allergic reaction that only occurs at one time of the year, you can expect it to be from the different types of outdoor plants that are coming to life and spreading their pollen through the wind.  You can find what you are allergic to according to the time of year that your allergies occur, as well as by the reactions that you may have to them.  You can also get tests to see exactly what you are allergic to so that you know when to stay indoors and when to avoid cutting the grass. 

If you love the outdoors, but can't help but get watery eyes when you are in your backyard, you may want to look into the potential allergies you may have and the reactions that may be occurring because of this.  Knowing exactly what the outdoor allergies contain will allow you to avoid smelling all of the flowers and sticking close to those that won't make you sneeze.