Spring Allergies: Ways to Nip Them in the Bud! More than 50 million people experience allergies Published: Tags: ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Sneezing, sniffing, coughing, and itching. Over 50 million Americans experience allergies, and if you feel like it’s lingering longer, it is! Climate change may be to blame. When spring arrives early, pollen arrives with it. Combine that with coronavirus and a shift to indoor living, your allergies may be getting the best of you. It’s an earlier Spring season, dramatic changes in the weather and spending more time indoors. “A lot of people are more indoors now cause of COVID, and that would mean more dust and mold and perhaps domesticated animals,” Suresh Raja, MD, an allergy and sinus doctor at Aspire Allergy & Sinus, told Ivanhoe.