My mom is from India, and while she lived there, she didn’t have pollen allergies — nor did anyone else that she knew. Like she was from a big city too, not just a little village. But once she moved to the US, her nose started running/eyes itching during allergy season. And I know that pollen allergies are so common here. So why is it that it’s so uncommon in India as opposed to the US?
Why do people in the US seem to have pollen allergies but others don’t?
I had incredibly bad hayfever where I grew up in the UK. Like nose running and eyes itching for a solid three months out of every year.
When I moved to the US, that went away and now I only get itchy eyes for a couple of weeks in early spring.
Put simply, the specific allergens we are irritated by can be present in different concentrations in different places. It sounds like your mum moved somewhere that has some kind of pollen or dust or other allergen that she wasn't used to.
If she's like me, it's the oak and pine pollen. That yellow stuff in Houston in the spring is insane.
I'm the same but the opposite. From the deep south with terrible pollen counts and i lived with no issues bc we mostly have pine and oak pollen.
Moved to the UK and I was dying bc turns out I have an Ash pollen allergy and I've never been exposed to ash trees. 3 months of spring are terrible for me in the UK now.
Sorry to hear it. I'm pretty sure the UK is generally worse for pollen. It's the nettles that get me I think.