HOUSTON – Beautiful trees and brutal allergies—welcome to springtime in Houston. That yellow-green dust coating your car means oakpocalypse season is officially here!
WATCH HERE: YOUR ALLERGIES ARE COSTING YOU MONEY.How much money are your allergies costing you?
According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, more than 106 million people in the U.S. experience various types of allergies each year. The average sufferer spends about $58 out-of-pocket annually on over-the-counter meds, Empower consumer analysis, while chronic sufferers can spend $1,000 to several thousand a year on allergy shots, according to the folks from GoodRx.
Spring time allergies are costing YOU, your health and money. $58,Empower consumer analysis, while chronic sufferers can spend $1,000 to several thousand a year on allergy shots, according to the folks from GoodRx. (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston – All rights reserved.)
That’s why we went straight to Dr. Vital to learn how to stay healthy and save money this allergy season:
“Steps we can take to decrease pollen exposure include closing windows, taking our shoes off so we don’t track pollen into the house, and making sure we change our air filters regularly.”
But how does the weather play a role in your springtime allergies?WATCH: Windy days make pollen worse—think of it like baby powder.
-The fine particles get stirred up, float around, and land on everything: your car, your hair, your clothes, your eyes.
-Rain can help by washing pollen off surfaces and out of the air, giving us a temporary break.
Rain can help by washing pollen off surfaces and out of the air, giving us a temporary break. But with this dry forecast, we won’t get that relief—so our allergies are likely to stay intense. But this graphic isn’t a mistake, our forecast is bone dry.
Tracking a dry forecast (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston – All rights reserved.)So how do we know when it’s time to see a doctor?
According to Dr. Vital, if you’re dealing with headaches, cough, scratchy throat, watery eyes, rashes, or even stomach aches. That way you can actually enjoy all the beautiful weather Houston has to offer this spring.
🫶Brittany
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