#104: What Exactly is a Pollen Allergy?
This week, we have a guest blog by Kristen Steward to learn all about pollen allergies.ย If you would like to read the blog in its original format, you can check it out here.
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Many people welcome spring with its warmer weather, longer days, and blossoming flowers and trees. For the more than 26 million Americans who suffer from allergic rhinitis including pollen allergies, however, this season can be full of misery.1
WHAT IS POLLEN?
Pollen is a very fine powdery substance thatโs usually yellow in color. Itโs generated in a structure on the end of the stamen (the male reproductive part of the flower) known as the anther and its purpose is to fertilize other plants in the same species. In order for pollination to occur, pollen grains must be transferred fro...
