It’s cedar fever time again in central Texas, and the symptoms are among the worst in memory. Many find that Flonase offers prompt relief from their allergy symptoms.
Doctors are seeing a flood of people dealing with cedar fever. This condition plagues people who are allergic to a specific kind of pollinating cedar tree located in Texas. The trees pollinate in the winter months, and this season these trees are wreaking havoc on allergy sufferers.
People battling cedar fever don’t have a fever at all. Instead, they have typical allergy symptoms, according to Christopher A. Lewis, M.D., who’s affiliated with St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center.
“They’re gonna have a runny nose, nasal congestion, itchy eyes, and a lot of uncontrollable sneezing,” said Lewis. “It can even interfere with their sleep at night, so patients might have a lot of irritability and maybe a decreased ability to do their jobs appropriately.”
A Fox station in Austin, Texas, says cedar fever is hitting the area particularly hard this year. “I can’t stop rubbing my eyes,” Dean Clement, an allergy sufferer, tells Fox.
Allergy Sufferers Seek Relief
If you’re dealing with cedar fever, you want relief fast. One pharmacy in Austin sells an over-the-counter treatment, but according to Kimberly Fontenot, with People’s Pharmacy, supplies are running low.
“What we’re doing is calling another store, which makes them short,” she says. “The pharmacy sells ‘Cedar Fever Drops,’ which comes in both drops and a spray. We’re currently out of the spray, we just have the drops left, but it works great.”
For some, over-the-counter treatments won’t cut it. Prescriptions like Flonase can help allergy sufferers get the bothersome array of cedar fever symptoms under control. It works for Texas resident Clement.
“I take Flonase, and that seems to help keep me in check,” he said.
The cedar fever season is typically worse from December through February, so hopefully allergy sufferers will get some relief soon, Lewis says.
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