The allergy season begins in Spain: 14 communities are at risk due to the high concentration of cypress and arizonica pollen. The mild temperatures of these days and the lack of rain are behind this increase.
Nasal congestion, itchy eyes and swelling. These are some of the symptoms of allergy to pollen, whose season has already begun in Spain due to the flowering of trees and shrubs. In addition, the lack of precipitation and high temperatures increase the concentration levels of grains in the air, so the effects can worsen throughout the week.
According to the data of the Spanish Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (SEAIC) of this Monday, Zamora, Madrid, Toledo, Córdoba, Jaén, Granada, Murcia, the Valencian Community and Catalonia present very high levels of pollinosis by Cupressaceae, a family to which belongs the cypress, the arizónica, the juniper, the thuja and the cedar.
Grass and urticaceous pollen
However, this is not the only bloom that keeps allergy sufferers on their toes. The level of pollen from grasses and urticaceae is also increasing. The latter, very common in cracks in walls and at the foot of walls, on roads and vacant lots, has reached an extreme level in Vigo, Cáceres, Córdoba, Granada, Murcia, Cartagena, Xàtiva or Valencia, just as indicate the SEAIC collectors distributed in Spain.
