The full story explains three reasons why this spring may seem worse than usual for allergy sufferers. Hint. One reason is summed up in a four letter word.  Snow.

The magazine’s website also offers a link to six more tips for symptom management.  No one can have too many of those.

Here in Washington, D.C., we are well underway in the allergy season. Perhaps this is more punishment from the Storm of the Century for Washington because we did not suffer enough.

U.S. News and World Report

“Spring is here—and along with it come the sneezing and stuffy noses characteristic of allergy season. Some allergists say the 2010 allergy season may be worse than in recent years because of the heavy late-winter snowstorms that hit parts of the country. That February precipitation served as a “turbocharge” for early tree pollen, which, combined with grass pollen, means allergy sufferers may be especially miserable this year, says Clifford Bassett, chair of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology’s Public Education Committee.”

Source: U.S. News and World Report, March 26, 2010