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Preparing for the 2020 grass pollen season
The grass pollen season brings a seasonal increase in asthma and hay fever. It also brings the chance of epidemic thunderstorm asthma. Thunderstorm asthma can affect those with asthma or seasonal hay fever. Having both asthma and seasonal hay fever and poorly managed asthma increases the risk further.
Outlook for the 2020 grass pollen season
Melbourne’s grass pollen season is fast approaching. While we’re not expecting much grass pollen in the air until late October, the outlook currently is for an average season.
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What you have told us about hay fever in Melbourne and Canberra
In a nutshell, the main factor in Canberra and Melbourne determining how bad everyone's hay fever symptoms are is how much grass pollen is in the air.
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