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Article: Health & Family: Bust the dust for sneeze-free living; Pets and dust mites can cause misery by triggering constant sneezing and runny noses. Karen Attwood looks at the problems of allergies and ways to minimise them.(Features)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- November 23, 2002
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Byline: Karen Attwood
You can't stop sneezing and you have red, itchy eyes and a runny nose - but are you sure you're suffering from a cold?
Around 14 per cent of the UK population have distressing hayfever-like symptoms all the year round and, according to some estimates, one in three people will be affected at some point in their lives.
The condition is known as Perennial Allergic Rhinitis and the most common cause is the house-dust mite, a resurgence in the prevalence of which has been recently attributed to our love of car-boot sales. This is ...