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Article: Survey shows more allergy sufferers seek medical attention for symptom relief.
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- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- January 19, 2004
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2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Allergy sufferers are finding relief by turning to their physicians, according to a new nationwide omnibus survey, conducted in May 2003, by StrategyOne, about the impact of allergies on daily life.
In this telephone survey of 1,000 people, 330 identified themselves as allergy sufferers. According to the responses of the allergy sufferers, three out of four (74%) agreed that seeking medical attention has been "extremely helpful" in treating their allergy symptoms.
The survey also revealed that more than half of allergy sufferers (51%) said they experienced allergy symptoms for years before seeing a physician ...