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Written by SuperMold
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Doctors and pharmacists are reporting a surge in sniffles, sneezes and coughs -- and not from ordinary winter colds."We're selling a lot more allergy than cold medicine," said Richard
Miller, owner of Miller's Rexall Drugs in Atlanta, Georgia. He said he
has not seen such a warm spell -- and such allergy-medicine sales in
the middle of the winter -- "in years and years."
While much of the rest of the nation is shivering amid the usual
January ice and snow, the Southeast has been basking under a
high-pressure system since just after Christmas that has kept cold
fronts at bay and sent the mercury climbing as high as the mid-70s.
It is not pollen that is causing the misery, but mold. Mold thrives in warmer weather and has a
"wonderful" place to grow on vegetation that has died in the winter, he
said.
Phillips said people with mold allergies should not rake leaves or do
other lawn work and gardening that could disturb the mold and release
spores into the air.
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