Many people are plagued by hay fever these days. Pollen expert Christina Endler explains what you have to prepare for in the next few days and how far the research has progressed.
In the pharmacies in the region around Freiburg there is currently a strong demand for antiallergic tablets, eye drops and nasal spray. Christina Endler works at the Center for Medical Meteorological Research of the German Weather Service in Freiburg.
BZ: Which pollen can you measure in the air?
Endler: There are many plants that secrete pollen. We focus on the eight main allergen species: hazel, alder, birch, ash, grasses, rye, mugwort and ragweed. Studies show that these eight plants have a very high allergenic potential.
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