Mild winters mean snow melts early, warm temperatures arrive ahead of schedule, mold spores grow more quickly and trees start to pollinate earlier. Then there's the weather. You get stuffy, runny and drainy, and it's a direct effect of the sudden changes in the weather. Lazar estimates that 25 percent of Americans have allergies to something, while Linehan pegs it at about 20 percent. Those people can act now to prevent seasonal allergies, they said.
Steroids prescribed by primary care doctors can also help prevent allergies from breaking out.
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