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Article: DUST MITES STIR UP BIG MESS.(LIVING)
- Article from:
- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- January 2, 2001
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Byline: David Wecker
I spoke with Doug Hall immediately after his examination at the hands of a qualified physician. He was highly agitated, even more highly agitated than usual.
For several weeks, Doug had been struggling with a sinus infection that occasionally seemed to show signs of going away and then would get worse. He'd called on a few physicians before finding one that diagnosed his condition as an allergy. Specifically, he was found to be allergic to dust mite droppings.
''I had no idea,'' Doug said, handing me a photocopy the doctor had given him of a magnified photograph of a dust mite. It looked like a wrinkled pig on eight pointy ...