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Article: Health Talk: Allergic rhinitis causes major headaches for sufferers
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- Maryland Gazette
- Article date:
- May 7, 2008
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The allergic salute: You may be wondering what this means, if you
do not belong to the army of people who give this salute either
seasonally or year round. The nasal salute occurs when you push the
tip of your nose up to relieve the intense itch associated with
allergic rhinitis.
Some may have the salute and the transverse crease that it
usually causes, and some may not, despite having all the other
features that go along with the allergic salute. Either way, 20
percent of adults in the general population are suffering from
allergic rhinitis.
The symptoms of allergic rhinitis develop when inhaled allergens
cause bridging of antibodies present on mast cells - cells in the
inner nasal lining. ...