the scourge of pollen allergies

With the mildness of spring, farewell to birch pollen, and welcome to grass pollen. They come to tickle the nostrils of the French who discover themselves more and more often allergic. Visiting an allergist, a young girl is diagnosed with a pollen allergy. This diagnosis does not surprise his mother, herself allergic. “It’s a cold that can last several weeks or several months”, she testifies. Several months, because the winter respite for pollen allergies is getting shorter and shorter.

Global warming blamed

Doctor Madeleine Epstein, allergist, indicates: “Over the current year, in January, we started having pollen alerts. (…) I saw patients with inaugural asthma, people who had never had asthma in their life .” This situation is explained by the pollination of certain species which begins earlier. This upheaval is linked to global warming which makes pollens earlier and more numerous. For the moment, only 11 departments are at very high risk of pollen allergy. But within 15 days, almost the entire country should be affected.