Windom Allergy Asthma & Sinus

07/18/2025

06/20/2025

04/09/2025

To all of our patients who are using the OhMD app for messaging, you should have received an email for instructions on updating the app.

Here is the message you should see: "The new OhMD mobile app is here!
At this time, users no longer have access to view or send messages in the previous OhMD app, so download of the new app is required.

Please note that your device-specific settings will not carry over to the new app. Please be sure to select your preferred notifications and permission settings when prompted."

04/03/2025

12/03/2024

10/21/2024

Dr. Dunn shares her personal story with oral immunotherapy. Click the link to learn more about the food allergy treatments we offer and her son's journey.

https://www.windomallergy.com/meet-us/blog/from-allergist-to-anxious-mom-my-journey-through-food-allergies-and-the-promise-of-oit

10/10/2024

10/13/24 Update: Unfortunately the office remains without power. As of now we will be closed Monday 10/14/24. As soon as we have power we will open.

10/11/24 Update: The office continues without power. We hope to be open Monday 10/14/34.

The staff of Windom Allergy are safe. The building has withstood Hurricane Milton. The office does not have power. Please continue to check for updates. Hope you all have made it through this storm safely.

09/24/2024

Hurricane/Thunderstorm Asthma and Allergies for Floridians

As I sit here and type, I’m also checking the NOAA hurricane tracking website. This is something we just instinctively do as seasoned Floridians during hurricane season.

But as an allergist, I’m also curious to track the pollen counts from the pollen counting station at USF Tampa Allergy Division. Today, the counts are medium high for w**d pollen and mold. Two days from now, when Hurricane Helene hits, how will our allergic asthma patients be breathing?

There is a phenomenon called Thunderstorm Asthma that starts or worsens after a thunderstorm. Not everyone with asthma gets an attack with thunderstorms, but it most often affects people with seasonal allergies. And hurricanes are the MEGA version of thunderstorms are they not?

What’s the science behind Hurricane/Thunderstorm Asthma?

Rain lowers pollen counts by cleaning the air and may even reduce asthma symptoms triggered by allergies. However, hurricanes and thunderstorms can make asthma worse by a unique series of events.

Cold downdrafts concentrate air particles, such as pollen and mold. They are then swept up into clouds where humidity is high. In the clouds, wind, humidity, and lightning break up the particles even further to a nano-size that can easily enters the nose, eyes, sinuses, and even the tiniest airways of the lungs. Wind gusts also super-concentrate these small particles, so large amounts can be inhaled.

Allergic Floridians Know How to Hurricane Prep

So, before you rush to clean up the yard, and mow the grass before it floods, check the status of your inhalers and allergy medications. And better yet, take the medications according to how your doctor prescribed it as prevention. Protect your airways and you will be breathing much easier before and after a hurricane.

Good Luck and Stay Safe,

From all of us at Windom Allergy

Send a message to learn more

08/06/2024

Update: our office is now open as of Tuesday afternoon.