{"id":425,"date":"2010-03-10T16:43:28","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T16:43:28","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-03-10T16:43:28","modified_gmt":"2010-03-10T16:43:28","slug":"allergies-and-spring-grass-mold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/mold-allergy-c\/allergies-and-spring-grass-mold\/","title":{"rendered":"Allergies and Spring Grass Mold"},"content":{"rendered":"

Allergies can be triggered by the mold that grows on grass in the spring.  It explains why the end of the melt sucks if you\u2019re allergic to mold.<\/p>\n

This is related to snow mold.  Its hard to tell if its the same mold that grows in the full sun on melting snow, or a different type of mold<\/a>. Either way, if you have a mold allergy<\/a>, its just no fun!<\/p>\n

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Last year, I noticed much more mold growing on melting snow than this year.<\/p>\n

This year, I\u2019m noticing less mold on the snow, and more on the grass itself.  Actually, I hardly see it actually growing, most of what I see looks dried out and past it.  So it could be that the snow mold is nearly invisible on the snow, but quite obvious on the grass.<\/p>\n

The fact is that the horrid looking stuff on the grass is pretty thick.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I went out for a skate ski on what\u2019s left of the snow, in an area nearby with slightly higher elevation, more snow, and a later melt than here in the city.<\/p>\n

I enjoyed the ski well enough, but lacked energy.  When I got home, my muscles ached.  Later the same evening, I felt like I\u2019d been beaten up, I had a headache, and felt irritable.<\/p>\n

I blame it on snow mold.  Its a pretty good theory anyhow.<\/p>\n

Today I went for a walk.  Saw lots of ugly mold on the grass.  It was nice and sunny and it was a nice little walk.  With luck the limited time outside won\u2019t make me feel like bags of crap.<\/p>\n

If you have a mold allergy, and the snow in your area is melting (assuming you live in an area that gets snow for much of the winter), I suggest you close the windows, shut off the fresh air intake to the furnace, and try not to go outside for two long, until all the snow has melted.<\/p>\n\n