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Allergy Facts:- Anaphylaxis is the most severe allergic reaction sometimes producing life threatening symptoms like swelling of the throat and closing the lower airways.
- Dust mites live in your bed, on your pillow, in the carpet and your favorite chair.
- Dust mites do not bite, they make you cough and sneeze, they make your eyes itch and your nose run.
- Some people with ragweed allergies may have a "cross-reaction" to melons such as watermelon, cantaloupe, or honeydew.
- Some people with tree pollen allergies might have a "cross-reaction" to fruits like cherries, apples, pears and peaches.
- Love flowers but hate the sneezes? Look for low-pollen plants such as hibiscus, periwinkles, azaleas and roses. Symptoms often attributed to roses are usually due to grass pollen.
- Hay fever sufferers should wash their hair at night to remove any pollen and keep it from settling on pillows and bedding.
- To help reduce molds and mildew run a night light continuously in dark closets
- 20 percent of the population is affected by allergy related disease
- Between 1 and 2 percent of adults have food allergies
- Most food allergies are caused by eight foods: milk, egg, wheat, peanut, soy, nuts, fish and shellfish
Arthritis Facts:- Famous actress comedian Lucille Ball suffered with rheumatoid arthritis beginning in her teenage years.
- Arthritis is the most widespread crippling disability in the United States today.
- More than 41 million Americans have arthritis.
- One million new patients develop arthritis each year.
- Forty percent of the population over age 65 have arthritis.
- 1 in 10 people have osteoarthritis.
- 1 in 1000 children have juvenile chronic arthritis.
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