Charlotte Ranked 5th Worst City For Allergies WSOC TV

CHARLOTTE, N.C.,None — A report from the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America says Charlotte is one of the nation's top five "spring allergy capitals."

The group compiles a list of allergy capitals annually to identify the most challenging places to live with allergies. This year, Charlotte was ranked No. 5.

Knoxville, Tenn., was ranked No. 1, followed by Louisville, Ky., Chattanooga, Tenn., and Dayton, Ohio.

The rankings are based on three factors for the 100 largest metro areas in the U.S.: pollen scores, number of allergy medications used per patient and number of allergy specialists per patient.

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