Saharan Dust and Allergies

If your allergies seem to flare up out of nowhere every summer, and antihistamines are not touching it the way they normally would, Saharan dust may be the reason. Dust plumes from the Sahara travel thousands of miles across the Atlantic and arrive over the US carrying more than just mineral particles. They bring fungal spores, bacteria, heavy metals, and allergens that your immune system has likely never encountered before.