Forbes: Worst Cities For Allergies

22. April 2009 by admin.

http://www.forbes.com/2008/04/08/health-allergies-pollen-forbeslife-cx_avd_0408health.html

There’s a reason you had to make multiple trips to the drugstore for allergy medications and generally couldn’t stop sneezing last spring.

A combination of climate change and weather patterns in many parts of the country caused trees that would ordinarily bloom over the course of a month to pollinate all at once, allergists say.

But while you may have had it bad, it probably could have been worse–unless you’re a resident of Lexington, Ky., ranked the most challenging place to live with spring allergies by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America’s report due out this week.

In Depth: Top 25 Worst Cities For Spring Allergies

Coming in a close second and third were Greensboro, N.C., and Johnson City, Tenn., followed by August, Ga., Jackson, Miss., and Knoxville, Tenn.

You city allergy index

Allergy medications reviewed by the Mayo Clinic

Posted in Health and Wellness | Print | No Comments »