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Article: Are you suffering from allergic rhinitis (hay fever)?(Special Advertising Section: Health & Fitness)
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- Newsweek
- Article date:
- June 16, 1997
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Spring is finally here! Eyes itch? Can't breathe? Nose "stuffed up"? Do you feel like scratching the back of your throat? Are you being socially ostracized because your nose is dripping and you are making unpleasant noises to clear your nose or throat? You are not alone. Over 20 million people in the United States also suffer with you. Allergic rhinitis, better known as hayfever, can cause a plethora of symptoms, including nasal congestion, sneezing, a runny nose, itchy eyes and even itchiness of the ears and throat. Nasal congestion can result in mouth breathing, snoring, loss of taste or smell, and "allergic shiners" or dark circles, under the eyes. So you not only feel ...