Allergy In Winter
“Twenty-five years ago it was believed that only 2 percent of the population had an allergy to cupresaceae pollen. Today, almost 40 percent of those allergic to pollens are allergic to this type of plant -occupying third place on the list, after grasses and olive trees-", reviews Ángel Moral, president of the Aerobiology Committee of the Spanish Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (Seaic) . In reality, it is not that the number of people with allergies has increased (also), but rather that this percentage increase is mainly due to two reasons. “On the one hand, it was thought that cupresaceae did not cause allergy problems because, by pollinating in winter, cases were confused with colds.. On the other hand, allergy tests were not well detected. Later the technique improved,” says the expert.