{"id":1421,"date":"2020-10-29T07:47:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T07:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vm-203-101-229-247.qld.nectar.org.au\/brisbane\/?page_id=1421"},"modified":"2020-12-04T02:51:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T02:51:04","slug":"why-we-monitor-pollen-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/auspollen.edu.au\/brisbane\/index.php\/why-we-monitor-pollen-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Monitor Pollen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#003c72&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;50px||30px||false|false&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243; header_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Why we monitor pollen<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hay fever affects over 19% of the Australian population, including 15% of Queenslanders, with grass pollen being the major contributor to airborne allergen sources in the outdoor atmosphere of Australian cities including Brisbane. Hay fever and seasonal asthma can cause mild to severe respiratory distress in people sensitized to grass pollen. If forewarned, people with pollen allergy can take preventative measures in danger periods such as staying indoors, avoiding high pollen areas and\/or by taking appropriate medication with them when venturing outside.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For more information about hay fever and asthma in Australia and how to manage their symptoms please see:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allergy.org.au\/patients\/allergic-rhinitis-hay-fever-and-sinusitis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Australian Society of Clinical Immunology<\/strong><\/a><strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allergy.org.au\/patients\/allergic-rhinitis-hay-fever-and-sinusitis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ASCIA<\/a><\/strong><span><strong>)<\/strong> for information on hayfever<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asthma.org.au\/about-asthma\/triggers\/hay-fever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Asthma Australia<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for information on how hay fever affects asthma<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/vm-203-101-229-247.qld.nectar.org.au\/brisbane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/grass-measurement.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Why We Monitor Pollen&#8221; title_text=&#8221;why-we-monitor-pollen&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; min_height=&#8221;476px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||true|true&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||true|true&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#003c72&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;50px||30px||false|false&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243; header_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221;] Why we monitor pollen [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;] Hay fever affects over 19% of the Australian population, including 15% of Queenslanders, with grass pollen being the major contributor to airborne allergen sources in the outdoor atmosphere of Australian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auspollen.edu.au\/brisbane\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1421"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auspollen.edu.au\/brisbane\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auspollen.edu.au\/brisbane\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auspollen.edu.au\/brisbane\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auspollen.edu.au\/brisbane\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1421"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/auspollen.edu.au\/brisbane\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1791,"href":"https:\/\/auspollen.edu.au\/brisbane\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1421\/revisions\/1791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auspollen.edu.au\/brisbane\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}