Allergy Relief Expert

Millions of people suffer from tree allergies around the world every year.  While there are some trees allergy symptoms during the fall months, spring is normally when tree allergies are at their worst. Trees actually pollinate before other plants and weeds and may start releasing their pollen as early as January in the southern states and as late as June in the northern part of the United States. Tree pollination is critical for the reproduction process and certain tree species such as mountain cedar are known to create havoc in people with allergies and even some who have never had allergy symptoms.

Trees can produce large amounts of pollen which can travel miles away from the original source before causing an allergic reaction. Tree pollen reactions can range from mild to severe with mild symptoms consisting of hives and sinus (runny nose) problems.  Severe reactions to tree pollen may be coughing, wheezing, difficulty breathing and hoarseness.

Tree Pollen Allergy?

There are believed to be at least 48,000 different kinds of trees identified worldwide. However, only about 100 of them have been proven to cause allergies.  Here are the most common trees which can cause allergic reactions:

• Catalpa
• Cedar
• Elm
• Hickory
• Olive
• Pecan
• Sycamore
• Walnut

Tree Allergy Strategies

When buying trees for your yard, consider species that are known not to aggravate allergies, such as:

• Ash
• Box elder
• Cottonwood
• Crape myrtle
• Date palm
• Dogwood
• Fig
• Fir
• Maple (red)
• Maple (silver)
• Palm
• Pear
• Phoenix palm
• Plum
• Poplar
• Redbud
• Redwood
• Willow

Note: Some people are known to have ‘cross-reactivity allergies’ with trees in the beech, birch, and oak family, as well as the juniper and cedar families.

About the author:

James Singbush owns and operates the Growing High Tree Nursery in Atlanta, Georgia.

Achoo! High Pollen Count Boosts Allergies

Allergies are caused by a disturbance and irritation in the body’s immune system because of the invasion and influence of certain foreign substances or foreign perceived as harmful to the body. The body and its immune response has its own form of higher production of white blood cells or mast cells that receive exhibited or manifested through skin rashes and inflammation that are harmful to human health. Allergies can be caused by a variety of allergens or substances that cause allergy, such as pollutants, dust, pollen, food items, as well as smoke, and even some material substances such as wool or leather. Allergies are varied in type and virulence, as well as in the case very serious, it can lead to imminent death. Among the various types of allergies to foods that are commonly observed, walnut allergy seen in some patients, who are affected by allergy due to consumption of nuts.

The main form of allergy that affects people in the form of hypersensitivity generation. For example, families in which the nut allergy in the genes is passed from father to son and so on and so forth. These are observations that have been recorded and documented empirically by medical science in recent years. These are also influenced by age, gender and race patients. But it is wrong to attribute to allergies hereditary factors only, as there are quite a few environment-related factors that also result in the development an allergy. Get in contact with pollution, pollen in certain areas, changes in diet and infectious diseases, especially when young age are also considered important precursors of allergy.

Walnut allergy is a form of diet-induced food allergy that affects many people around the world. Like in other cases of allergy to the diet, this also leads to vomiting and the expulsion of the diet, the appearance of hives and stomach pain and diarrhea. In severe cases, you may need to go to purge the digestive tract in order to prevent loss of life. In some cases, symptoms are quite mild and manageable in mind that patients may avoid climate and the impact this type of food (nuts) to prevent the occurrence of allergy. In some cases nuts could also cause an allergy in your eyes water and you feel very sick. Walnut Allergy is caused primarily by proteins that are contained in nuts and could occur on the same people who consume nuts, and other cashew, almonds and pecans.

While most symptoms due to nut allergy are generally mild and manageable in nature, in some cases, could lead to severe dehydration, diarrhea, respiratory distress and even blood pressure variations which are harmful to health. You have to be aware of these serious and very worrying signs that the allergy is getting out of hand, simple self prescribed medication which would not. The patient must be taken to the doctor who will prescribe appropriate and sometimes strong drug that can prevent the patient from falling into anaphylactic shock, which can lead to death if not stopped in time. Walnut allergy is certainly not a condition one can afford to play with what has the power to exacerbate the situation and take the patient to the brink of death.

About the author:

Jackson Davison is sales representative for a gourmet candy manufacturer (Old Dutch Cottage Candy) in Boston Massachusetts that sells their products throughout North America.

What NUTS can do

A walnut allergy is a form of diet-induced food allergy that affects thousands of persons around the world. Like in other cases of allergies to the nuts, this can lead to vomiting, the appearance of hives, stomach pain and diarrhea.  In some cases, symptoms are quite mild and manageable keeping in mind that patients may avoid this type of food (nuts) to prevent the occurrence of further allergy symptoms. In severe cases, a walnut allergy can make you feel very sick. Walnut allergies are caused primarily by proteins that are contained in certain nuts to also include cashew, almonds and pecans.

There are many instances where allergies are hereditary in nature and are passed on from generation to generation. For instance there are families where walnut allergy is passed on in the genes for parents to children and so on and so forth. These are observations that have been recorded and documented by medical science empirically over the years. These are also influence by age, gender as well as race of patients. But it is wrong to attribute allergies only to hereditary factors as there are quite a few environment related factors also that result in an allergy developing.

While most symptoms due to a nut allergy are generally mild and manageable in nature, in some cases, could lead to severe dehydration, diarrhea, respiratory distress and even blood pressure variations which are harmful to health.  Walnut allergies are certainly not a condition one can afford to play with, since severe reactions can lead to an asthmatic type reaction leading to death.

Related Posts: Peanut Allergy and Walnut Allergies.

About the author: Sally Hudson writes health and allergy related articles for various publications.

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