In London, spring brings beauty but also significant pollen counts that can trigger hayfever for around 25% of the population. The Met Office has issued a red warning this weekend due to a pollen bomb expected to affect the city, caused by warmer weather prompting trees to release pollen. Pollen levels will likely peak again on Monday, with tree pollen persisting until mid-May before grass pollen becomes a problem. Additionally, alcohol consumption can worsen hayfever symptoms, as it contains histamine that aggravates allergic reactions.
The Met Office has issued a red warning for the pollen count today, and levels will remain high across the weekend and peak again on Monday.
Essentially, warmer weather, which we've been lapping up of late, is a trigger for trees to release their pesky pollen into the air.
Tree pollen typically sticks around until mid-May, when grass pollen picks up the reins and terrorises hayfever-heads until July.
If all of this talk of pollen has you itching to drown your sorrows, we're afraid you'll need to put down the pint.
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