Pollen

We dripped, our cotton shirts clinging to our sweating backs. As each tassel came loose, clouds of pollen were released into the air and stuck to our sweaty, sunburned faces, arms and hands. Pollen clung in thick lines in every crevasse, on our faces, in our ears, between our fingers and in the hollows of our throats. Still we continued to grab-pull, grab-pull until finally, we were able to rest…

Facing Exercise-Induced Asthma Exercise-induced asthma is a major obstacle for athletes who suffer from it. Some, face this and regular asthma, making for a real challenge. Symptoms include chest tightness, wheezing, coughing and labored breathing which are triggered from exercising. People are not always born with exercise-induced asthma, but may develop it at some point in their lives. There are many triggers that are the origin of this, including when exercising in cold weather, with heavy…

patches of skin become inflamed, itchy, red, cracked, and rough. It’s basically a dry skin condition. 2 James McIntosh says “certain foods such as nuts and diary can trigger symptoms. Eczema can also be triggered by environmental factors like smoke and pollen. Treatment focuses on healing damaged skin and alleviating the symptoms. Eczema is not a contagious condition”. According to Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. 3 eczema is thought to be hereditary. 4 Researchers says “Eczema affects about 10%…

stranded on the island and built them before being rescued. Still others are convinced that an ancient society with the capability of flight constructed them along with the Nazca lines in Peru. However new evidence based on pollen analysis supports a much simpler theory, that the Easter Island inhabitants destroyed their own society through deforestation. When Easter…

state that at least 8 insect populations have developed resistance. As a result, farmers must spray even more pesticides!” Thirdly, the pollen from genetically modified crops will kill butterfly larvae or harm to honeybee, there are two main bad results about that---other crops and plants may lose the tool of pollination, and they will be pollution by the pollen from genetically modified crops and…

Oetzi was killed close to the Italian and Austrian border, but was found on the Italian side. This suggests that he was mistaken as a trespasser. Whether Oetzi was trespassing will remain unknown without other evidence. As previously stated, pollens prove that Oetzi had traveled up and down mountains before his death. He could have easily been chased up and down the mountains by his attackers. It is true that his copper bladed-ax was left behind, but his attackers might not have wanted to be…

The FDA has approved only three pills which are Grastek, Oralair, and Ragwitek. Grastek is used to treat patients suffering from only timothy grass allergies (Howard 1). Whereas Ragwitek is only used in patients who are adversely affected by ragweed pollen (Howard 1). Finally, Oralair can be used to treat more allergens which are; timothy, orchard, perennial rye, Kentucky blue, and sweet vernal grasses (Howard 1). According to Office of Pharmacy Service Prior Authorization Criteria a person…

trigger the signs of asthma. Depending on the person, all asthma triggers are different, some include, dust mites, pollen, and pet dander. Though there might not be a lot of causes, it's still a very serious condition. Asthma triggers are anything that can make you start coughing. The triggers can also change as you get older. So, if you're allergic and have asthma triggers to pollen, those could change later on as you get older. Since we know what causes asthma, what are some effects of it?…

allergies to a high number of children. There is no scientific explanation for the increase. Questions about the use of allergy shots or oral medication. Antigen injections in small amounts and are gradually increasing. These injections are used for pollen, cat dander, and other non-food allergies. One of the best cures for food allergies is to avoid that particular food. There is a large group of foods that contain peanuts and milk products. These allergies can be life threatening. The best…

hold themselves accountable, when considering what their daily routine will consist of, given that they are not only a hard-working student but an optimal athlete as well. With the variety of dietary options to choose from such as the "western diet" (Pollen. 2015), vegan, paleo and vegetarian-- an athlete's dietary choice needs to…