Pollen Death Star

Check out this humorous picture depicting a microscopic image of a pollen grain and compare that with the Death Star. Pollen as you know is responsible for allergies . This image has been floating around on the web and as such, not able to provide appropriate credit. Let me know if there is an original source.

4/17/2015 0

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Christmas Tree Allergy (Mold and Pollen Studies)

Ever wonder what a live Christmas Tree brings into a home other than happy holiday cheer? For those with Christmas Tree Allergy, a live conifer will also bring allergy and asthma type symptoms that manifest within a week and not uncommonly as soon as 24 hours after introduction into the home. It is estimated that about 7% of allergic patients suffers to some degree, Christmas Tree Allergy. Sneezing, wheezing, nasal congestion, and transitory rashes are the most common symptoms of Christma…

12/05/2014 0

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How is a Pollen Forecast Made?

Pollen Trap from Burkard Unlike weather forecasting which utilizes high technology, satellites, complex computer models, etc, pollen forecasting (to help people suffering from allergies ) seems downright archaic, though just can be just as complex and unpredictable. So, here's what happens... The main "equipment" to enable pollen forecasting is a simple air trap in order to capture and ultimately count what pollen is currently circulating in the environment. This equip…

5/03/2013 0

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What's That Yellow Pollen Coating My Car Windows?

Every spring, a yellow coating of pollen covers everything, most noticeably car windows. For many people with allergies , this yellow pollen is the cause of all their sinus and nasal misery triggering bouts of sneezing, sniffling, water eyes, nasal congestion , etc. However, this yellow pollen produced by pine trees is NOT a significant allergy trigger. When it comes to allergy, the biggest culprits are the pollen you can not see. Such springtime microscopic pollen that IS the culprit for…

5/03/2013 0

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Novel Treatment for Non-Allergic Rhinits

Non-allergic rhinitis is an extremely frustrating sino-nasal disorder that is characterized by all the same symptoms of sinusitis and allergies, but NOT due to sinusitis or allergies. Rather, I consider non-allergic rhinitis to be the over-sensitive nose syndrome whereby breathing in air containing particulates (whether smoke, perfume, dust, pollen, etc) PHYSICALLY irritates the nose causing symptoms. This is in contrast to allergies where the pollen causes an immunologic reaction causi…

7/29/2011 1

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Pollen Under the Microscope Appears Unearthly Beautiful Unlike the Misery They Cause!

Using an electron microscope he has in his basement (no kidding), Swiss photographer Martin Oeggerli obtained numerous pictures of pollen at the microscopic level. They are unbelievably beautiful to look at unlike the misery they cause at the macroscopic level. The picture shown below is one of the pollens that cause hayfever... To see more pics, click here . To purchase these and other pollen images, go to this website .

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