Doctors Say to Prepare as Allergy Season Will Start Early in Some States
Allergy season usually starts in the spring, but doctors in some states have been seeing and treating patients several weeks earlier.
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Allergy season usually starts in the spring, but doctors in some states have been seeing and treating patients several weeks earlier.
Allergists and the National Phenology Network say the arrival of this year's allergy season is several weeks early in California.
If you are feeling like your itchy eyes, runny nose and scratchy cough are worse than usual this allergy season, then it's possible the pandemic could be to blame, according to a Sacramento-area allergy expert."Recently, we had a couple days where every phone call was for people seeking eye drops. Call after call after call. It was unusual," said Dr. Travis Miller of The Allergy Station in Roseville.That unusual string of calls, in addition to what he is seeing with his patients, has led Miller to theorize that last year's shelter-in-place order may have created a phenomenon this year th...
Did shelter-in-place order create worse allergy season for 2021 in Sacramento region? © KCRA rose garden If you are feeling like your itchy eyes, runny nose and scratchy cough are worse than usual this allergy season, then it's possible the pandemic could be to blame, according to a Sacramento-area allergy expert. "Recently, we had a couple days where every phone call was for people seeking eye drops. Call after call after call. It was unusual," said Dr. Travis Miller of The Allergy Station in Roseville.Sign up for our Newsletters That unusual string of calls, in addition to what he is see...