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By Pat Bass, About.com Guide to Asthma

Ragweed Season

Saturday August 15, 2009

August is officially the beginning of ragweed season. Some 36 million people begin to suffer from seasonal allergy symptoms like:

  • Sneezing
  • Stuffy, runny nose
  • Itchy eyes, nose & throat
  • Wheezing
  • Chest tightness
  • Coughing
  • Difficulty breathing

Learn some common, need to know  information about ragweed allergies

See a picture of ragweed

Learn about oral allergy syndrome-- a common condition associated with ragweed allergy

Preventive actions you can take to protect yourself from ragweed allergy.

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Comments

August 16, 2009 at 5:50 am
(1) Richard says:

The internet could be used to learn the air-pollution level of any area. There are many websites that provide these information. If you are interested to know the allergy and asthma alerts as well as air quality alert of your area, write the zip code at the link http://aafter.com/?term=w?.

Richard

August 17, 2009 at 3:02 pm
(2) Carolyn says:

Thanks! This was useful information for me. I’m allergic to ragweed but always assumed the levels didn’t start getting high until October. This could explain the frequent usage of my quick relief inhaler this month. Then again, so could the 95 degree, humid weather we’re having in the Northeast.

August 23, 2009 at 7:45 am
(3) asthma says:

I am glad you thought the information was useful.

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