Ragweed Season Has Officially Begun In Oklahoma

Oklahomans know the suffering of allergy season all too well. It starts in the spring when everything comes into bloom. Then the summer heat gives us some relief, but that's not the end of allergies. Fall is when ragweed season comes out in full force, and it looks like the fall allergy season has already started.

According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation, ragweed is a weed that blooms as the nights grow longer and releases one billion pollen grains, "warm weather, humidity, and breezes after sunrise help release the pollen." Ragweed can be found in all sorts of areas, urban and rural, but "it is often found along roadsides, riverbanks, in vacant lots, and fields." Ragweed season usually starts around August and usually lasts through October.

What does ragweed look like?

Ragweed has greenish flowers on tall spikes and branches out into many branches from the ground up. Its pollen is wind-blown, which is what affects fall allergy sufferers. Ragweed is an annual weed, which means it grows and dies within a year.

How to deal with ragweed allergies.

TikTok creator @rubin_allergy, a board-certified allergist, stated in a video about ragweed that about 15 percent of Americans are allergic to ragweed. Ragweed is found in ever state and the seasons have been getting longer each year. Ragweed allergy season typically ends when areas experience their first frost of the season.

If you suffer from ragweed allergies, here's what you can do to get through the ragweed season:

• Keep your windows closed.
• Change your clothes when you get home.
• Bathe at night to keep from tracking in pollen.
• Take allergy medications.

Check out the full video below!

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