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Aug 1, 2008 8:00 am US/Mountain

Doctors: Heat Leads To More Allergy Problems

Reporting
Mike Hooker
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) ― The heat wave that has gripped Colorado this summer is causing an increase in allergy patients, doctors said.

At a clinic in Fort Collins, more people are coming in for tests and medicines for relief.

The heat does bring out more pollen from grasses and weeds.

"some of the patients who have already been having allergies the past years, they have more problems in the last few weeks," said Dr. Vel Kailasam, an allergist.

Candace McKenzie said he and her four children all have had worse allergies this summer, especially one of her twin sons.

"Coughing more, watery eyes, more colored stuff coming out of his nose, so he's just having a hard time," McKenzie said. "And my other twin doesn't have it as bad, but now I'm giving him allergy medicine when normally I would not."

The hot weather also increases ozone pollution which makes breathing harder for people with asthma.

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