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

WILLOW TREE POLLEN ALLERGY


Key Allergens

Willow trees are in the Salicaceae family of plants. Other plants in this family include poplar and aspen trees.

The sap in willow trees is high in salicylic acid, which can cause contact allergic dermatitis.

Willow trees are insect rather than wind pollinated, so even though the pollen is highly allergenic you would have to be close to the trees for it to have an effect.

The pollen season for Willow is February to April peaking in March.


Associated Syndromes

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

A willow tree pollen allergy is also linked to asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and atopic dermatitis.


Cross Reactivity

Other plants in the Salicaceae family of plants include poplar and aspen trees. If you are allergic to the pollen of these plants, you may also want to avoid willow trees.




Resources

Websites

Worcester Pollen Forecast

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

Science Direct - Willow

Allergen Encyclopedia - Willow

Pollen Library - Willow

AAFA - Pollen Allergy in the US


Articles and Journals

Allergic contact dermatitis to salicylic acid: A case series of relevant sensitization, 2024

A paediatric case of exercise-augmented anaphylaxis following bee pollen ingestion in Western Australia, 2022

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

Respiratory allergies: Salicaceae sensitization (Review), 2021

On pollen and airborne virus transmission, 2021

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

The Most Common Allergenic Tree Pollen Grains in the Middle East: A Narrative Review, 2019

Clinical Manifestations and Risk Factors of Anaphylaxis in Pollen–Food Allergy Syndrome, 2019

Oral Allergy Syndrome in Birch Pollen-Sensitized Patients from a Korean University Hospital, 2018

Early Pollen Sensitization in Children Is Dependent upon Regional Aeroallergen Exposure, 2012

Correlation between eosinophilic oesophagitis and aeroallergens, 2010

Allergic contact dermatitis from salicyl alcohol and salicylaldehyde in aspen bark (Populus tremula), 2005



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