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Article: What on earth is... hay fever?; Red, sore eyes, sniffles, sneezes - we know the symptoms but why do we get hay fever? Why is it that the best season of the year is blighted by this pesky allergy?(News)
- Article from:
- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- April 29, 2003
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Does hay fever mean you're allergic to hay?
Don't be silly. It's the allergic response to pollen from trees, grasses or weeds.
What are allergies?
Allergies occur when the immune system overreacts to otherwise harmless foreign substances, called allergens. When an allergen enters the body, the immune system signals special cells - "mast cells" to release a ...
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Article: Hay fever `affects school work of 750,000 pupils'.(News)
The Independent (London, England);
May 8, 2003 ;
217 words
......because they suffer from chronic hay fever, a survey suggested yesterday. Nearly one in four pupils suffers from hay fever - equivalent to 2.1 million children...pupils aged seven to 18 if they had hay fever and how it affected their attendance...
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