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Article: HAY FEVER SUFFERERS FIND SUCCESSFUL TREATMENTS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- May 25, 1997
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Byline: CYNTHIA COOPER Knight-Ridder
Hope Wordsworth took his antihistamine. If he didn't, this is probably what happened next on the poet's stroll:
Wordsworth felt a tickling sensation at the back of his throat; then he sneezed. His eyes began to water; then he sneezed again. His nose became congested; and he sneezed again. His eyes began to itch . . .
No, hay fever and allergies are not the stuff of poetry.
It all begins with an innocent encounter -- a distinct cell type found in the bloodstream, the mast cell, circulating throughout the body.
When the mast cell meets an allergen -- an offending agent brought into the body ...