All posts tagged "Allergies"

Temperatures are getting warmer, cherry blossoms are blooming — in short, spring is here, and with it, so is allergy season. Allergies in general — whether it be to food, pets or pollen — occur when the body’s immune system “sees a substance as harmful and overreacts to it,” according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. And that is exactly what happens when pollen enters the body through the nose, eyes or mouth. The immune system mistakenly identifies it as a threat and triggers some of the well-known allergy symptoms: sneezing, runny nose and congestion, according to the Centers ......

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The West is burning and residents are already feeling the impacts on their health. As plumes of smoke and poor air quality blanket California, residents may experience tightening in their chests, eye irritation, runny noses, sore throats, coughing attacks. The Air Quality Index, a method of air quality reporting and forecasting, rose as high as 226 in Sacramento this week. While the AQI was higher in 2018 from the Camp Fire, Sacramento County's current bad air quality still poses serious health threats. "It is concerning because we are exposed to higher pollutant concentra......