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COMPREHENSIVE ALLERGY RESOURCES FOR EVERYONE - THE TOP 14 ALLERGENS AND BEYOND

COMPREHENSIVE ALLERGY RESOURCES FOR EVERYONE - THE TOP 14 ALLERGENS AND BEYOND

ELM POLLEN ALLERGY


Key Allergens

Elm trees are in the Ulmaceae family of plants.

They were not originally native to the UK and were most likely imported from the United States. Elm pollen has moderate allergenicity and is found in cooler weather, between January and April depending on your location in the world.

Elm leaves produces sap which can cause contact dermatitis as they contain sesquiterpenes which are skin irritants.


Associated Syndromes

An allergy to elm pollen is strongly associated with seasonal allergic rhinitis (hayfever).

An elm pollen allergy is also linked to asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and atopic dermatitis.


Cross Reactivity

There are currently no defined allergens for elm pollen, so no known cross reactivity.




Resources

Websites

Allergen Encyclopedia - Elm

Worcester Pollen Forecast

Allergy UK - Managing your asthma and your allergic rhinitis throughout the seasons

Pollen Library - English Elm

Pollen.com - Elm

AAFA - Pollen Allergy in the US


Articles and Journals

Mapping pollen allergenicity from urban trees in Valencia: A tool for green infrastructure planning, 2024

Within city spatiotemporal variation of pollen concentration in the city of Toronto, Canada, 2022

Ambient daily pollen levels in association with asthma exacerbation among children in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2020

Pollen Season Trends (1973-2013) in Stockholm Area, Sweden, 2016

Tree pollen allergens—an update from a molecular perspective, 2015

Correlation between eosinophilic oesophagitis and aeroallergens, 2010



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