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Article: Winter No Relief for Allergy Sufferers
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- January 5, 2007
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TRENTON, N.J. - The unseasonably warm weather along the East Coast has flooded some offices with patients suffering from an unusual ailment this time of year: allergies.
Doctors say this winter's weather has sparked an onslaught of mold spores that cause allergies and fluctuating temperatures that irritate already-suffering nasal passages. Many patients may confuse an allergic reaction with a common cold.
"The phone is ringing off the hook - it's incredible," said Dr. Clifford W. Bassett, vice-president of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, who has a practice in Manhattan.
"It's an explosion of people who are realizing that they may have allergies," said Bassett. ...