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Article: Cleaning up indoor allergens.
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- The Saturday Evening Post
- Article date:
- January 1, 1995
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Do you sneeze a lot, have a constant runny nose, sinus troubles, or suffer from itchy, flaky skin? If so, you may be nursing an allergy, possibly to something right in your own home.
Outside allergens such as ragweed pollen or grass may take their toll in sneezing and watery eyes at certain times of the year, but indoor allergens cause symptoms and allergy-related diseases--including rhinitis, sinusitis, asthma and allergic dermatitis--the year around.
About one in five Americans will suffer from an allergy-related illness sometime in his or her life. Although allergists can now identify many of the allergen sources, the problem of disease related to allergy ...