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Article: POTPOURRI: Dealing with hay fever

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April 10, 1997
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Filipino Reporter
04-10-1997
POTPOURRI: Dealing with hay fever

AS soon as I got up one morning, besieged by unmistakable unrelenting sneezing episodes, I knew that spring had actually begun several days before it was slated to officially arrive. Peeking through sheer window curtains, I noticed the all too familiar leaf buds on our neighbor's tree which bear the offending pollen, promising me so many more miserable days ahead.

Allergic rhinitis or hay fever, as it is popularly referred to, is an inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose due to hypersensitivity to certain allergens like pollen, molds, dust or other airborne substances. It affects more than 35 million Americans and has ...

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