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Wet Winter Bad News For Allergy Sufferers

Written by KEYT Assignment Desk

Story Created: Mar 18, 2010 at 2:25 PM PST

Story Updated: Mar 18, 2010 at 5:08 PM PST

Allergy sufferers you are getting hit with a "double whammy" this year, thanks in part, to a wet winter.

Allergists say, right now oaks, pines and junipers are dropping their pollen. And it's that pollen, that is triggering lots of sneezing around town.

Trees, grasses and weeds are the three main culprits when it comes to producing allergy-causing irritants.

In Santa Barbara, new growth in fire burn zones are also to blame for a increase of allergy patients doctors are seeing locally.

Allergists say there are a variety of over-the-counter remedies, that work without annoying side effects.
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