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ALLERGIC REACTIONS: HAY FEVER
Hay fever is like a cold without germs. When you breathe something you’re allergic to, histamine and other allergy-producing chemicals are released and the membranes of your nose and respiratory tract immediately become inflamed, swollen and soggy. The results? A runny nose. Itchy, watery, puffy, tired eyes. Constant bouts of uncontrollable sneezing. Sometimes this discomfort can leave you so irritable, headachy and tired that you don’t feel like doing much of anything. At night, sneezing fits interrupt your sleep. And you share your misery with about 3 million other Britons.
Hay fever (doctors call it allergic rhinitis) is more than a nuisance, however. Uncontrolled, it can lead to migraine headaches, sinus infection or hearing loss. You can’t just let it take its course.
Antihistamine drugs alleviate hay fever – but they leave most people too groggy to think straight. In small children and older people, antihistamines have the opposite effect, leaving people restless and unable to sleep. And after a while, antihistamines lose their effectiveness – you need to take more and more to get the same level of relief. Clearly, drugs aren’t the solution.
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