The nextspringwill be “intense” forallergic to grasses,with concentrations of about5,100 grams per cubic meter of air of this type of pollens, compared to 2,800 registered last year. These are the forecasts of the Aerobiology Committee of the Spanish Society of Allergology and Immunology (SEAIC), whose representatives announce that the falling water in December, January and February “doubled the 2009 figures”, and that this circumstance has made the field ” has turned green “and that a high concentration of pollens is expected for the” dry “area of the peninsula, which includes the Community of Madrid, Extremadura, Castilla-La Mancha and central Andalusia.
“The spring of this year is not going to be the most intense of the last 30 years, but it is going to be one of the most important”, predicts the allergist Javier Subiza, who has warned that the appearance of an “atypical heat” in the next months from March to June or an “atypical rain” in May or June could change this forecast.
According to the expert, the meteorological changes have made this winter “atraditional winter with cold, of which we had not had for 10 years “, reducing concentrations of tree pollens such as cupresaceae or banana. Another new phenomenon related to the climate is thatpollination now starts earlier and ends earlier too, so in April we already have high concentrations of pollen in the environment that are decreasing in June. Faced with this situation, Dr. Subiza advises those allergic to grasses, and especially those who suffer from pollen asthma and stopped taking medication last year in the absence of symptoms, to visit their allergist before the start of the pollination period.
