This allergy season in South Florida is more intense NBC 6 South Florida [Video]

Sydney Gilden is now part of a club of springtime sufferers. At seven years old, she’s newly diagnosed with seasonal allergies.

“It was a little tough, the coughing after a while it got better and then got bad again,” Sydney said from her home in Davie. 

Bouts of strep throat, bronchitis and a cough that wouldn’t quit prompted her mother to get her tested for allergies. 

“The wheezing outside was persistent whenever she was playing softball,” explained Susie Gilden. “She wasn’t bothered by it in the Fall, but starting at about January or February and well into March, it seemed to be worse and worse.”

Doctors from Miramar to Pinecrest say pollen from oak, elm, pine and palm trees are to blame. They attest this allergy season is more intense because it started early.

“Usually tree pollen season runs from March to May and this year we saw it earlier, …