this spring According to the National Astronomical Observatory, this year’s summer will begin at 4:06 a.m. on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, will last 92 days and 18 hours, and end on June 20, entering summer. With spring, pollen proliferation more intensely, therefore, when People with allergies They develop additional symptoms, which the Mexican Aerobiology Network (REMA) has been measuring for 15 years.
REMA has “monitored, identified and quantified pollen suspended in the atmosphere” for 15 years, allowing it to “understand daily and seasonal changes in pollen”. This organization from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) “produces a pollen calendar that, among other things, has become a tool for doctors and hay fever patients to understand which pollen types are present in the air and are susceptible to.”
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The Mexican Aerobiology Network (REMA) clarifies: not all type Pollen causes allergies. Some pollen types identified as strong allergens are:
ash tree
Cupressaceae,
Alder
Quercus
some herbs such as grass
The causes of allergies to these pollens are related to the specific composition of each pollen.
CDMX West, more trees causing allergies
In the latest monitoring of the Mexican Aerobiology Network (REMA) for 2024, one species stands out, ash treeThat is ash tree, Those found in Very high allergenicity, Such as Amaranthaceae plants, known as quintine, ash, quelites and Quercuswhat are these oak or holm oak.But, that alder, toile, or alder, also appears medium.
REMA has 10 monitoring stations in the country to measure pollen sensitization, three of which are located in Mexico City.Of the latter, the highest levels of pollen allergy were recorded in Cuajimalpa, so residents here West Districte from CDMX are the most affected.