Flonase Allergy Relief partners with The Weather Channel on online allergy tool
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Flonase Allergy Relief on Wednesday partnered with The Weather Channel to provide new, innovative tools and resources to help educate people about how changing weather patterns can affect allergies and how they can better manage their allergy symptoms.
A recent survey commissioned by GlaxoSmithKline found that respondents believe the weather can affect allergies more than ever before. Nearly all respondents (88%) suggest that the weather affects their allergy symptoms, and six out of 10 (59%) respondents cite weather-related influences as the main cause of their allergies. In addition, three-quarters (76%) of respondents said that they are interested in new tools to help them manage their allergies.
“This partnership has enabled allergy and weather experts to come together to develop and launch the first-of-its-kind ’Allergy Tracker,’” stated Amardeep Kahlon, consumer marketing director at GlaxoSmithKline. “This comprehensive tool, coupled with the availability of Flonase Allergy Relief over-the-counter, gives allergy sufferers the resources they need to be greater than their allergies.”
While many allergy sufferers are familiar with pollen as an allergy trigger, the new Allergy Tracker goes beyond pollen data to help allergy sufferers access weather analysis. Available at www.weather.com/allergy and on The Weather Channel app, the tool includes an outdoor allergy tracker that shows levels and maps for mold, various types of pollen and a breathing index. It also offers a Three-Day Outlook to forecast how overall conditions are expected to change from day to day. An indoor allergy meter measures conditions that can trigger or increase allergens in the air, such as current temperature, thermostat temperature, outdoor humidity, and whether the air conditioner is on, resulting in conditions that are too wet or too dry.
“Working with Flonase, we’ve put together the best information about weather conditions and the most relevant allergy-specific details to create an allergy tracker on weather.com that will truly help allergy sufferers deal with symptoms,” said Paul Walsh, meteorologist and VP weather analytics at The Weather Channel. “Using this combination of proprietary and public information, this tool will aid consumers with pinpointing allergen irritants in their detected locations, which will help them better prepare for their days.”
The Allergy Tracker combines proprietary weather data (forecasted and reported), as well as information from public and private agencies and medical experts, to measure and rate conditions. The information from The Weather Channel Allergy Tracker shows current daily levels for the three allergy indexes, as well as the Three-Day Outlook.