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Article: POTPOURRI: Onset of hay fever season
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- Filipino Reporter
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- April 26, 2001
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Sibal, Meg
Filipino Reporter
04-26-2001
POTPOURRI: Onset of hay fever season
FOR about a quarter of the American population, the refreshing sight of
April blossoms and budding trees announces not only the welcome joy of
spring but also the start of the hay fever season. It marks the beginning
of several weeks of coping with allergic rhinitis (hay fever) symptoms
which include sneezing, runny noses, congestion and itching eyes for the
unfortunate sufferer.
The good news is that there is now a growing armamentarium of treatment
options available to relieve such annoying symptoms, even though there is
no practical and effective means of avoiding the development of the
allergic reaction caused by ...