Article: Allergies affect sufferers' moods and feelings

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Washington, March 21 -- Allergies that cause bouts of sneezing, sniffling and watery eyes leave deep emotional scars on a sufferer's mood and self-perception.

'Attitudes About Allergies', a new study, has been based on a phone survey of a thousand each of allergy sufferers and non-sufferers, and 300 physicians.

Some 62 percent allergy sufferers say it affects their mood; 51 percent feel annoyed, 48 percent feel irritable, and 42 percent feel frustrated. Some 22 percent say their allergies make them feel less attractive and 19 percent feel self-conscious.

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