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Article: Ocular allergy: Signs, symptoms best handled after specifics answered
- Article from:
- Ophthalmology Times
- Article date:
- April 15, 2002
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Physicians need to know when symptoms occur, how frequently they occur, and how long they last-even in off-season
Ocular allergies are a major source of discomfort and annoyance. Allergic symptoms often interfere with such common activities as reading, sports, or working on a computer. Greater public awareness of allergic conditions and less tolerance of their signs and symptoms are driving the need for better diagnosis and treatment.
Physicians, however, may never see the allergy sufferers during peak season when symptoms are at their worst. Furthermore, more pressing medical problems require the physicians' immediate attention, causing the chronic, non-sight-threatening "annoyance" ...