Why do people have seasonal allergies? - Eleanor Nelsen
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Ah, spring. Grass growing, flowers blooming, trees budding. For those with allergies, though, this explosion of new life probably inspires more dread than joy. So what’s behind this annual onslaught of mucus? Eleanor Nelsen explains what happens when your immune system goes rogue.
Lesson by Eleanor Nelson, animation by TED-Ed.
Hi, I'm the animator who made this lesson. I used real leaves, flowers, and seeds to make the animation - AMA!
If you have any questions for me post them here, and I'll answer as many as I can starting at 2 pm (Eastern). Please "like" this comment so it stays at the top too!
Hi! which species of plants did you use?
How long did it take to make? It looks so complicated, I imagine it was a while. Fantastic!
Good job on the animation! Keep up the good work!
Well done, thats great work. Much of the animation look photo-realistic. Apart from using real flowers and seeds, how did you achieve this effect?
what software did u use!
Unfortunately for me my allergies are active in the fall, winter, and the summer, so J pretty much have year-round allergies.
samr
same man atleast yours doesn't cause an asthma attack
+PrussiasGirl Actually, they do if I'm not careful.
I do as well. The only time Winter allergies do not affect me is when it is completely frozen over and no plants are left alive to bother me.
Jarboy Mine are fall, spring, summer, winter (only if the plants aren't frozen)...
Try getting allergies EVERYTIME the season change. WTF am I allergic to in winter? Snow.
demetriarules it's the end of the autumn and beginning of the winter and I have a HELLISH ALLERGY right now . I think bc of the leaves fall and all the awful weather. It simply can't decide whether to be autumn or winter.
demetriarules I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE! It's not fair!
that's the same for me lol i even have multiple food allergies.
Same here. End of summer and beginning of autumn. Allergies are killing me! 😭🤧
Dust mate. Same here
1:52 - Love the kid who runs by, power-sniffing that flower as if it's some intense drug.
Almost as if hes mocking the girl xD
Exactly 😆😆😆 very funny. I was laughing.
He's at it again at 2:16. He needs a serious intervention
This was beautifully animated/made omg
no
First time on ted ed? 😂
1. I developed allergies in my late teens.
2. No one in my family nor extended family has allergies.
3. We have a cottage on the countryside, surrounded by fields and forrests where I spend every weekend, summer and holidays. All my relatives live in the countryside. Some have farms and I spent a lot of my childhood there playing with dirt, calves, chickens, cats and dogs. I live in a small city with plenty of greenery around.
4. I used to love apples and peaches and cherries of course, ate plenty of it and yet I developed cross allergies (birch).
Slim chances to develop allergies, but here I am! I feel like a chosen one.
Other than that, awesome animation.
You might have done something wrong. Talk to a doctor?
Yousif Alfuraiji What?
If your parents don't get allergies then I don't think you should be getting them
Somebody has to be the first, right? Of course you can develop allergies, even if your parents don't have allergies.
hahaha that last scene cracked me up
I know ^_^
3:14 White cell 1: YO DUDE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
White cell 2: THIS IS A BACTERIA
White cell 1: NO ITS NOT
Nerve cell: DUDE YOU ARE KILLING ME
Pollen: ITS WASNT ME
White cell 2: LIAR
White cell 1 ITS NOT DANGEROUS, YOU ARE DANGEROUS
Nerve cell: NO NOT THE MUCUS!
Pollen: IT WASNT MY FAULT
Hook worm: yeah he is right he is innocent
White cell 2: oh well...
Brain: this is all your fault, now clean this mess up
Ragweed is my bane
Ted-Ed trolls
The interesting thing is that when i lived in a hot summer country, i did not have any health problems. When i moved to a more cold country i developed hay fever for summer, chronic allergy syndrom for almost all fruits and many other health problems. The salt of the beach and direct sunlight, plus different vegetation and maybe more sea food diet, really made my immune system happy.
What I really want to know is why do people develop allergies in their adulthood, when their childhood and relatives were free of allergies all along? That's exactly what's been going on with me the past year or two! 0_0
Same. In the past 3 years I developed mean allergies
In my case, I think it's because I did not grow up in the Northeastern US biome, so when I moved here, my immune system did not recognize the new batch of pollen. I think moving to a completely different biome may contribute to developing spring allergies in adulthood.
@@F7dim What about those of us who haven't moved? It's an interesting question.
My allergies acted up in college. Now I get them every season. 😭😭
🤔you guys wouldn’t happen to have any wisdom tooth issues would ya? Your sinus issues might be your upper wisdom tooth
Had allergies to pollen, dust and cat hairs when i was a child. The cat hair allergie was so extrem even a couple of hair left on clothing of cat owners could trigger it. But thanks to immuntherapy i lost all of them before i turned 16.
Spring allergies are the worst one time I was sneezing and I couldn't stop and when I did my friend said why don't you take your allergy medicine I looked at him and said *what do you think I've been doing* this entire time and told him to *get out* and I threw a lotion bottle at him
Ye hay fever makes me very very irritable as well. I can almost explode when people (who have never had to deal with allergy) tell me to “blow my nose” or to “stop sniffing”.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣☠️🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣☠️☠️
lol I broke up with a guy cause he told me that I was exaggerating 😒 . Like how can you exaggerate swollen red eyes, sneezing every 2 seconds, stuffy nose , migraines, asthma and fever. Yeah I get it to the extreme every fall and spring.
I feel you man i'm super angry whenever I have bad allergies so I tend to spend as much time alone as I can on those days
I’ve been trying to tell people spring allergies is the big dog of the allergies not even summer allergies can compare in terms of effect IMO.
My allergies developed last year, before that, during allergy season, the worst I'd get was a congested nose and that's it, but now, EVERY season change, I'd get a runny nose, congestion, swollen and watery eyes, and weakness. Last year, I got sinusitis which caused me to take off school for three day, ruining my grades.
Pollen: *enters a allergic person*
Immune system: wait, that's illegal
Immune systems: WE SHALL ATTACK THE INVADER
Pollen OH NO NO N-
*DUST CLOUD FIGHT!*
At 2:55, my aunt always said that we'd die not of germs but of excessive hygiene. I guess this kind of supports that statement.
When I first moved from California to South Carolina, my allergies were so bad that I did go into anaphylaxis several times. I wasn't even aware that I had allergies to pollen until I moved here!
I chose to go the route of exposing myself to pollens so that my body could build an immunity to it, and thank God it did! I also chose to build up an immunity to cat dander as well! Never been happier!
It's a good thing your body can build immunity over time.
There are some people that got even worse allergies if they do exposure therapy.
How???
Same thing happened to me when I moved to Tennessee. You don't know you have allergies until you move there!
Immunity..?
I moved to St.Louis 16 years ago. I was fine for the first 10 years, but 5-6 years ago I started having a lot of issues with allergies. I feel miserable.
I had seasonal allergies in the UK.
Then I lived in Korea and it disappeared for 2 straight years.
Then I moved to Vietnam and my allergies were constant, year round hell.
Then I went to China and my allergies were about 8 months of the year.
Repeat visits to UK and Korea show the same results in those places - absolute freedom in Korea, and a little but not so bad in the UK summer.
Is it possible that the plant that causes your allergy are not present in Korea but common in uk so it is more severe in the uk?
That was the natural conclusion but then why would it be more present in China and Vietnam and just non existent in Korea, a neigbouring country?
If I could pinpoint which tree... or which plant... my life would be so much better
I am 22 years old and only last spring I did get allergy for the first time in my life. What the hell?!
rip
I am 23 and just got it this year.:P Tight in time for my 23rd birthday in May.😂
It can develop. I was about 26 when I suddenly became allergic to every and all underarm deodorants. I now have to use a "natural" one that's basically just a salt stick.
This video forgot to mention that overexposure can also cause allergies, but to be fair it's only a few chemicals that have this effect.
Same 😭😭
I have allergic rhinitis and every single waking morning, the moment my body feels that I am already awake, my nose starts to itch and I'll just sneeze to the allergy's desire.
Today I just found out that even my immune system is always anxious and paranoid about a lot of things just like the person it protects.
I feel you, I get it every single morning. I'm allergic to grass pollen but never get allergies when i'm actually in contact with it, it's always the next morning
The cool thing about it is when you are about to sneeze and you make that weird face but the sneeze never comes out, so people stay away from you to not be sneezed on in the next 10 seconds.
TED-ED
Awesome video...I will send this to my grandson to watch.
I don't care
Stephen that doesn't even make any sense noob
I think he was trying to say that that was an edgy comment, sarcastically of course.
I'd guess 12.
i have hay fever and i hate it :((
Me too
yukan same
ME TO
This was pretty awesome and informative! My allergies ALWAYS act up when the weather changes drastically. Currently it was 90 degrees and the next day it went down to 71. My nasal allergies just came in at full force with the eye itching. Just an annoying way to live 😪
Ew.
Thanks for the great discussion around the mechanics of the allergic response and how seasonal allergies affect our bodies, adding this to our playlist for sure! And the alternative treatments were a surprise to me!
I'm from a tropical country which four seasons aren't possible to happen, obviously. I just couldn't imagine how much of a hassle does this kind of allergy is to people who have it. This video totally made me realize that I'm lucky enough and I learned a lot. 😃 Thanks Ted Ed.
I appreciate the understanding that allergic reactions to pets are related to their dander. So many have the idea that it is their fur (or hair) causes the problems! I had a goldendoodle and many thought they were not a problem because they did not shed their hair much, while exposure to their dander could still cause a great many problems for those around them. I think that the idea that they didn't shed much was really more of a marketing/sales idea. However, it became a basic understanding within the culture that the hair/fur was the problem!
Great timing. Literally had my rhinitis act up today. Sneezing fit during my major exams. My triggers? Dust and cold. Still sneezing.
Nice explanation
...Thanks for the video ... need more on it ....I have cold, dust,seasonal and food allergies ... a terrible life ...
I have had allergies all summer, and it’s killing me!
when you first described the symptoms my eyes watered
😆😆😆 quite the opposite for me!! Seeing someone else sneezing made mine stop for a second. Our bodies are really weird sometimes
Please do one on the bermuda triangle
HOLY CRAP this answers so many questions that I have had since childhood. Thank you.
I have this, but it's not just in spring. It's a year round thing lmao
I have non-allergic rhinitis. Does anyone know of natural remedies for this?
I had hay fever also, i uploaded a amateur video how i heal myself. Hope you guyz have a nice spring this year!
My mom thought I was crying and asked me what was wrong over and over again before realizing I just needed some allergy medication
Me: Allergies
Friends: Coronavirus
Me: No! Alle...
Friends: Coronavirus!
You make it sound so simple
My grandma is a practicer of the Hygiene Theory all of us that were raised by her always played on the floor and were exposed to a lot of dirt and dust and things to "volver al bebé más fuerte" (make the baby stronger) and also showering a different times helps with babies because the lungs grow stronger as well, so yes bathing (my bad before) bathing a baby around 6.00PM has helped a lot with developing a stronger respiratory and immune system IN MY FAMILY, not saying it benefits everyone IJS (I'm just saying). But I have always wonder why my ex had so many allergies to sooo many things and other people too so at the end of the BLAME YOUR PARENTS and their genes (I do that) LOL.
Beautiful allergy relief video. Allergy season can cause dread without a real all natural allergy relief solution.
It might seem funny to others but the fact remains constant; those with seasonal allergies and asthama have to be looked after, well! Regular care and monitoring is necessary for them.
This was well made and informative!! Thank you so much
Thank You.
Animation ❤
Narrator voice ❤
keep up the good work Ted
I dread Spring time. It makes me physically uncomfortable for three months of the year. Only by the third month does it begin to reside. Spring is absolutely the WORST season of the year.
Every time season change I get sick. I thought I easily catch cold. Runny nose and troublesome throat irritation and coughing.
But this year my eyes start twitching and very long cough period. So here I am on seasonal allergies medication.
spring is the worst season for my allergies, but it’s still my favorite season 😭
its scary how clueless people are when it comes to allergies, specifically those of life threatening reaction around food. i could not tell you how many times my cousins have almost died due to others ignorance...
Wish I had watched this video this morning...
In 7 school hours, I wasted 2 packs of hankies due of this...
I have spring and fall allergies since I was a kid . Every year they get worse and I become allergy to more things. Have to get a steroid shot every year. Just started doing Intermittent fasting and it seems to be helping since it help to reduce inflammation in your body. Started in December and got to say so far ,so good. I get symptoms but they go away with over the counter medication and some days don’t even have to take anything. meds never worked for me before. Doctor pretty much tried everything. Hope , it will continually keep working.
My seasonal allergies return in the spring throughout summer ends in fall and winter. But when my seasonal allergies return two days before spring begins and with one of my upper moral teeth roots are in my sinuses thus causing pressure to make my tooth throb as well extremely sensitive for about 10 days tops, just like when my allergies leave in fall
I had severe case of dust and pollen allergy. No medicine worked properly. Then I tried yoga for like 10-15 minutes in morning. I did kapalbhati and anulom vilom. I started seeing results in first week. Within a month I was almost completely fine. And also for the rest of the year. 😊
I'm allergic to dust, oak, grass and ragweed pollen, and I live in Texas. It's a year round thing for me
I heard that eating local honey can help minimize seasonal allergies.
I eat honey Daily and nothing can help against the pain of the allergies
It doesn't, believe me
It lasts for a few minutes tops.
It has to be locally made honey to help slowly desensitize you to the local pollen. It would also probably take daily ingestion for several months before it had an effect. So at the start of winter, start consuming locally made honey and by spring, you should be slightly desensitized to it. Don't expect full immunity, that would likely take longer if it was possible at all.
It has to be local bee pollen, sourced within 50 miles or so. Good luck people in big cities...
I recently started getting vaccination for my allergy(immunotherapy method). I'm excited to see what results it may bring!
Did it do any good to allergic reaction?
@@nikhilgupta5733 It did. I used to start sneezing like the first thing when I would wake up. The therapy proved very effective. My sneezing completely went away!
@@ahmermirza How long did it take for you to start feeling like you were getting less symptoms?
@@ahmermirza and how much does immunotherapy usually cost
@@bellion9143 My prescription included something around 13 shots(if I remember correctly) of the vaccine and I started to feel better than ever just after the 4-5 shots(1 shot/week). The small vaccine bottle costed roughly 4 USD that I bought once.
I like what it explains. It’s what I like.
Itchy throat, pallette, congested nose, swollen eyes as much i want to deny i hate this season... Even though forest turning green, flowers blooming in the meadow is such a delight... M miserable..
Spring allergy... It is my third year with it. I started using med this year because while walking, I gasp for air and it made me so drained...
I heard about the hookworm fighting allergies years ago from a show on the Discovery Channel I believe. They were interviewing this fellow who had terrible allergies and also found out he had hookworm when his allergies suddenly went away. When he treated the hookworm, his allergies came back, so he decided to give himself hookworm again by walking in manure and other types of feces with bare feet which is how the parasite can enter the body. As far as I know, he still has hookworm and lives a normal allergy free life
You make me wanna do it too
Hookworm isn’t a joke to live with long term though, the organ damage is large
the worm was adorable
I grew up in New York City as an only child. Now in my twenties in North Carolina and I’m watching this video at 1am because my hay fever makes sleeping comfortably nigh impossible.
FYI: raw honey is great for Allergies
I'm allergic to pollen.i hate spring but love summer because less flowers are there
my allergies are BAD year round. Ive been on allergy shots (immunotherapy) once a month for a year. and i have maybe only gotten a very mild allergy/sinus attack 3 times in 2022. as opposed to 4-6 really bad attacks. this means im improving... go get on the shot people.
Amazing job on the animation!!
hi ted
i always look forward to your next learning lesson video, its simple to understand n best of all, its fuctional/knowledgeable to ny daily life skills
I grew up in a city, a small family, with no pets, and my mum has hay fever. But I'm not allergic to anything at all. I guess I got lucky.
Totally
I envy your advantage.
Almost everyone in my family has allergies but I don't seem to have any lol
I get fall allergies. I may love the season but I hate how around that time I feel absolutely horrible.
Hayfever is my personal hell as winter ends. Explaining that I'm actually allergic to hairy caterpillars and mosquitoes is always fun too.
Who says pollen and spores are harmless? People without allergies are like houses without security systems.
More logic puzzles! I love them!
I’m 17 and my allergies have only developed in recent years, and they are so awful😭 I’m struggling this particular evening because my sinuses and nasal passage are just burning, so irritated😞
How are you now?
My allergies are active in the winter and sometimes in the summer. Last summer I didn’t get seasonal allergies.
Do one about Peanut allergy/food allergies
I have allergies and want to know more about it! :)
Allergies: they get me every Spring. If I'm outdoors in March, especially at my job, which is a horse boarding ranch, and I sneeze three or more times in a row like I did last weekend, that's when I know that allergy season is coming, to which I say: "Oh, no," as though I'm hearing a 4/4 String Ostinato in D Minor out at sea. Thankfully for me it only lasts until mid to late May.
I have allgries in spring and were going on a felid trip that's out side and yeah it's going to be a rough day
Los histamine diet and limit dairy,but dust mites are my worst trigger ,it's truly torture
What are your symptoms?
@@wolowizard5487 sinus issues , dizziness, fatigue,foggy and fuzzy head
teds vids vids are art to its finest!
Yaaa the hook worm part i remember seeing it in one of the "monster inside me" episodes
Hahaha the ending 😂 #truth #allergyproblems
I would argue that genetics trumps the environment you grew up in, at least in my case. My Dad grew up in a rural area of Nicaragua and suffered from allergies. I was born and grew up in the US and was an outdoorsy kid. Unfortunately, we both suffer from seasonal allergies. My son seems to suffer from it too. 😑
I always get allergies in the march aka start of spring and sometimes in December
this is inspirational..
I need to watch this as i have such allergies
I found out I had spring allergies because we moved from a busy city to a quiet town with a LOT of flowers. Apparently my cheeks and arms become really itchy and kind of red. I swear, the day I die will be the day someone sends my a bouquet of flowers. “R.I.P. JustARandomPerson. Cause of death: scratching self to death”
hey everyone who has seasonal allergies, the best thing to stop it is to have near by honey (10 miles) it realy helped me
Could u make some more riddles? I really enjoy it
Ughhh I didn’t know I had allergies because of the season, my eyes are so itchy and I’m always sneezing all the time. My nose is always clogged at night and it makes it hard for me to sleep and breathe
you ain’t alone stranger
pain
Never had any allergies before coming to the US. Even my brothers ask wtf is wrong with me :/
I had allergies since I was 10 I am 11 now about to be 12 I still have allergies I am the only one in my family that has allergy to cats,pollen,dust mites, mix of trees
I get itchy just watching this!
I don't even know if I have allergy rhinitis, my mom just told me I do. My allergy triggers more on dusts, and the temperature of a certain weather/climate, so I don't really know.
So this is why I have "annual" allergies
Spring its the most painful experience for me eyes water,nose runs really bad dry throat, and alot of sneezing and its just gets worse
"Just in time for ragweeds"..🤧 That was hopelessly hilarious!!!😆😆🤣🤣🤣
I've had allergies for as long as I can remember, although i do seem to go on for a long time without having a single episode, one time for a full year!! I'm sneezing right now, that's how i ended up on this video!! For some funny reason, going outside seems to help. Maybe that means I'm allergic to dust...🤔
I knew that and it is well explained
Can you make one about why dandelions turn yellow to white?
I'm allergic to dust mites and oak tree pollen, which is no surprise. But my blood test showed me that I have a slight allergy to peanuts and wheat. Peanuts could be slightly itchy skin, but I don't know how I'm allergic to wheat. I've eaten wheat products my whole life without knowing it's an allergin, and no allergic reactions occurred. Why is that?
i just love these
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