Hey everybody, welcome to Red Pillier Healthcast.

I am Dr. Charlie Faganholz here with Lauren Johnson, APRN.

And y'all know the drill.

We like to talk about things that no one else likes to talk about.

And if you haven't, if you don't know that drill, you should look at the first four episodes

because you'll figure it out real quick. But this week we're going to be talking about allergies. And I think it's a good one because a lot of people are affected by allergies. I think we can offer a different perspective on what you know about allergies. And we've both seen it quite a bit in clinical practice. So Lauren, let's talk a little about allergies.

What's your first thought that you?

What do you want to start talking about?

Let's just get to talking.

You know, I feel like allergies are becoming more and more of an issue.

First, I don't, and I didn't say this beforehand.

Do you, did you know that about the male tree thing?

The male tree thing. Now,

enlighten me. Okay. So in the 1940s, arborists started planting mostly male trees because they were litter free, you know, because they didn't, they didn't drop their fruit. And they were less messy.

And then in the 1980s, after Dutch elm disease struck, um, they just started replacing them with male trees.

And because of that, they, the female trees would produce the seeds, but they produce no pollen.

And so because of this, we have all these pollen producing trees around that are not messy,

but are not great for allergies.

And then I think that along with our houses

becoming more and more environmentally friendly and less able to breathe. And then more chemicals

that were exposed to, more liver congestion that's happening due to all of that,

along with other factors, we just have a big mess of allergies,

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