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Dear NP

Dear NP,

Now that spring has made it, I am spending a lot of time working on my lawn and garden. Every year around this time, I suffer from seasonal allergies. What advice do you have to help control seasonal allergies? B.B.

Dear B. B.,

Whether you are working in the garden, running to keep in shape, or hiking through the Black Hills, seasonal allergies are a yearly struggle. With spring comes pollen, and with pollen comes seasonal allergies.

The official name for seasonal allergies is hay fever, and it is caused by inhaling small particles of pollen that travel through the air in the springti...