Seasonal Allergy Testing

Seasonal allergies indicate you’re allergic that cause no reaction to the average person; however, when you’re exposed, you have a reaction that may become dangerous to your health.
The National Institutes of Health says seasonal allergies involve:

  • Weed Pollen – most notable for ragweed (amongst other weeds)
    • Runs from August – November
    • Counts are highest in the morning or on dry, windy days
  • Grass Pollens
    • Can be regional AND seasonal
    • Only a few grasses cause allergies: Bermuda grass; Johnson grass; Kentucky bluegrass; Sweet vernal grass; Timothy grass; Orchard grass
  • Tree Pollens – most common is oak (elm, hickory, sycamore and walnut can cause allergies too)
    • Runs as early as January in southern states and May/June in Northeast
    • Release huge amounts that can travel for miles

Seasonal allergies often come with symptoms like:

  • Runny and stuffy noses
  • Uncomfortable, itchy, red, or watery eyes
  • Sneezing
  • Asthma attacks.

If you’d like to find out what’s causing your symptoms, we can help. Give us a call today.

Seasonal Allergy Lab Panels

We offer multiple standard panels that can help pinpoint your allergies:

  • 10-Panel Summer Grasses: Alternaria tenuis; Bahia grass; Bermuda grass; Cladosporium herbarum; fescue, meadow; Johnson grass; Kentucky bluegrass (June grass); Mucor racemosus; rye grass, perennial; Timothy
  • 13-Panel Fall Weeds: Cocklebur; English plantain; goldenrod; kochia (firebush); lamb’s quarters; marsh elder, rough; mugwort; pigweed, rough; ragweed, false; ragweed, common/short; lenscale; wormwood/sagebrush; yellow dockweed
  • 45-Panel Regional Inhalants: Bluegreass/June, Orchard, Fescue, Vernal, Rygrass, Redtop, Timothy, Brome, Aspergillus, Alternaria, Helminthosporium, Cladosporium, Penicillium, Rhizopus, SmutMix/Stemphylium, Candida Albicans, Ragweed Pigweed, Lamb’s Quarters, Greasewood, Marsh Elder, English Plantain, Dock/Sheep Sorrel, Sage, Saltbush/Scale Mix, Russion Thistle, Kochia/Firebush, Cottonwood/Aspen, Alder, Ash, Juniper/Cedar, Box Elder/Maple, Oak, Elm, Willow, Walnut, Hazelnut, Sycamore, Birch, Housedust-Mites, Cockroaches, Cat, Dog, Horse, Feathers-Mixed