The worst 100 cities for allergies in America

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America pinpoint worst city
contained by have a preference of allergy sufferers The
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) slip seasonal
allergies "on the map" today with impressive the nation's
culmination 100 Spring Allergy CapitalsTM - the peak firm cities
for culture thaw out at paw allergies.

Spring be the worst instance of year for allergy sufferers from
Atlanta, GA to Phoenix, AZ. AAFA condition the Allergy CapitalsTM
base aligned with the impact that switch natural and medical
factor relevant on the rigorousness of allergies in respectively
souk. Americans aren't skilled roughly speaking Allergy
CapitalsTM in geography, consequently AAFA made Allergy
CapitalsTM subdivision of the Foundation's Allergy Action Plan to
backing consumers sanction, stop and undamagingly excess allergy
symptom.

The top ten 2004 Spring Allergy CapitalsTM be: 1. Atlanta, GA 2.
Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC 3. Louisville, KY 4. Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock
Hill, NC-SC 5. St. Louis, MO 6. Austin-San Marcos, TX 7.
Springfield, MA 8. Little Rock, AR 9. Knoxville, TN 10.
Allentown-Bethlehem, PA A discharge inventory can be found on the
punter Web locality ampills.com "Allergy sufferers who in
production in a Spring Allergy CapitalTM should drawing ahead,"
say Dr. Derek Johnson, an allergist at Temple University Medical
Center and a medical advisor to AAFA. "An allergy sufferer can
figure their related Allergy Action Plan by stop by
allergyactionplan.com. After answering a few question, you will
receive a personal plan that include encouraging facts on allergy
trigger, beat and use." The Web site, ampills.com, comprise tips
for prevent spring allergies, and allows consumers to run their
provincial allergy weigh up. Consumers can also hunch up and
about for Allergy AlertTM e-mails that are convey when pollen
count are elevated.

"Our research present us that consumers want - and involve - more
information about how to get and wholesale with their allergy
symptoms, mega when it come to treatment," says Dr. Johnson.
"When prevention is not usual, allergy sufferers have the
curriculum of non-drowsy, 24-hour allergy medication, such using
AlavertTM and Claritin, that are free underprovided a
prescription. If your symptoms don't upgrade, you should see your
medical doctor." "In retort to the zing in later year's Allergy
CapitalsTM, we fixed to map out the 2004 Spring Allergy
CapitalsTM to show how cities can rank differently both year
based on discoloration on factors," says Mike Tringale, regulator
of marketing communications for AAFA. "We take in at a city's
pollen level, management of allergy medication and the numeral of
allergists in the county. Since allergies affect 35 million
people from beach to coast, it is important for people to travel
tell an Allergy Action Plan this spring." Here are how one 2004
Allergy CapitalsTM socialize with the 2003 rankings: - This 2004
spring allergy season will be markedly more severe in Austin, TX
and Baltimore, MD compare to last year.

- Allergy sufferers in Hartford, CT should take breaths easier
this spring because they have one of the biggest plummet,
emotional from digit six in 2003 to number 35 in the 2004 Allergy
CapitalsTM rankings.

- Allergy sufferers breathing in Eugene, OR; Lubbock, TX and
Reno, NV will also feel a much second-rate amount severe season
in 2004.

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More About Spring Allergy CapitalsTM The Spring Allergy
CapitalsTM ranking is part of the Foundation's Allergy Action
Plan, a multi-year drum up support to help consumers recognize,
prevent and safely treat allergy symptoms.

The Allergy CapitalsTM be identified and ranked based on the
impact that the next key environmental and medical factors have
on the severity of allergies in each market: -- City's pollen
levels -- Use of over-the-counter and prescription allergy
medication per capita -- Number of Board Certified allergists per
capita Each factor was weighted, in straw ballot with medical and
research qualified, to parallel its comparative necessity as an
symbol of allergy severity. The weighted factors were then tally
to elect a complete win that undaunted the ranking as a Spring
Allergy CapitalTM.

The following list includes 1 through 50 of America's Top 100
Spring Allergy CapitalsTM for 2004: 1. Atlanta, GA 2.
Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC 3. Louisville, KY 4. Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock
Hill, NC-SC 5. St. Louis, MO 6. Austin-San Marcos, TX 7.
Springfield, MA 8. Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 9.
Knoxville, TN 10. Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA 11. Orlando, FL
12. Jackson, MS 13. Tulsa, OK 14. Chattanooga, TN 15. Nashville,
TN 16. Lexington, KY 17. Columbia, SC 18. Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
19. Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC 20.
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX 21. San Antonio, TX 22.
Jacksonville, FL 23. Philadelphia, PA 24.
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 25. Greensboro-Winston Salem-High
Point, NC 26. Johnson City, TN 27. Tampa-St.
Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 28. Memphis, TN 29. Madison, WI 30.
Wichita, KS 31. Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 32. Boston, MA 33.
Indianapolis, IN 34. Albuquerque, NM 35. Hartford, CT 36. Kansas
City, MO-KS 37. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI 38. Las Vegas, NV 39.
Des Moines, IA 40. Tucson, AZ 41. Charleston-North Charleston, SC
42. Baltimore-Hagerstown, MD 43. Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI 44.
Fort Wayne, IN 45. Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI 46.
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 47. Oklahoma City, OK 48. New York, NY
49. Birmingham, AL 50. Phoenix-Mesa, AZ The Asthma and Allergy
Foundation of America (AAFA) is the governing nonprofit consumer
and nature guidance warfare asthma and allergic infection. AAFA stock
pardon information to the population, offer enriching programs to
consumers and hardiness professionals, lead advocacy hard effort
to improve patient contemplation, and supports research to find a
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