What a Springtime SURFEIT!

If you’ve been sneezing a lot lately, chances are you’re allergic to pollen.

Spring is one of the seasons when grasses and trees, in particular, release those tiny particles in the air in order to fertilize other plants.

But pollen also can end up in your nose or throat, where it causes uncomfortable symptoms, including sneezing, sniffling and coughing.

If you find that you are suffering from this type of allergy, you may want to stay inside early in the morning and around dusk when pollen counts tend to be the highest.

But there’s so much pollen that you can’t avoid it entirely. A single ragweed plant has been estimated to release up to one billion pollen grains.

With such a surfeit (see definition below) of these tiny particles, you’ll never be able to avoid them altogether!

Cool word vocabulary question of the day: Do you have a surfeit of anything at your home or school?

SURFEIT: An overabundance or excessive amount of something.