Tough times for the pollenallergikerna in parts of the country

Already at the end of February, DN wrote about the pollen season was started in the southernmost parts of the country. Where have al and hazel so good that bloomed over at this point, however, it has now started to come further north. In the weekend expected to be sunny weather in large parts of Sweden, with double-digit temperatures as a result. It can make it particularly difficult for some pollenallergiker.

– Now it has started properly even in the middle parts of Sweden. There are high levels of al between the south of Småland, a bit above the town of Sundsvall, " says Pia Östensson, a biologist at the Natural history museum.

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also there is a great risk of very high levels of hazel in Uppland, Södermanland, Östergötland, Småland, Västergötland, Närke and parts of Bohuslän, Dalsland, Värmland and Västmanland. The question is how long-lasting it will be.

– If the weather remains warm is the chance that alen and hasseln blooms over large parts of the country until sometime in the next week.

But any long-lasting peace and joy there is unlikely to be, at least not for everyone. According to the Pia Östensson learn both sälgen as the birch begin to flower in parts of Sweden within the next few months.

– the Birch is the most pollenallergiker sensitive to. It is because there is a large tree of which there are many and that the pollen from these spreads far. This season learn the most southern and western parts of the country to be worst affected, " she says.

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