{"id":24226,"date":"2025-03-18T14:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=24226"},"modified":"2025-03-18T15:28:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T15:28:53","slug":"can-adults-develop-seasonal-allergies-symptoms-and-treatments-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=24226","title":{"rendered":"Can Adults Develop Seasonal Allergies? Symptoms and Treatments, Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After sidestepping symptoms for years, the sneezing and runny nose can come for you. Here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n

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After decades of never experiencing seasonal allergies, you suddenly find yourself sneezing and sniffling along with the tens of millions of Americans who suffer from them. What happened?<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople tend to think of allergies as a childhood thing\u201d and not something they can get later in life, said Dr. Tolly Epstein, an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine who researches allergies and immunology. But \u201cit\u2019s very common to develop new allergies,\u201d especially in your 20s, 30s and 40s, she said. And the symptoms aren\u2019t always obvious.<\/p>\n

Most people with seasonal allergies will have sneezing, itchy eyes or nasal congestion. But those can also be accompanied by fatigue, a headache or sinus pressure \u2014 which, if you\u2019ve never faced allergies before, you might mistake as cold symptoms, Dr. Epstein said.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve recently developed a pollen allergy, you might also experience itching in your mouth after eating certain raw fruits and vegetables, said Dr. Andrew Rorie, an assistant professor in the Division of Allergy and Immunology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. That\u2019s because the immune system sometimes confuses proteins in the plants for pollen proteins, he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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