Resumen de Not to be sneezed at
For many, the misery descends in early spring and doesn't lift until the nights start drawing in. Even then, the dust and fungal spores of autumn may bring fresh aggravation. Whether it's itchy eyes, a streaming nose, disturbed sleep or uncontrollable sneezing, hay fever and other airborne allergies are one big irritation. Often, they're dismissed as just that. Yet mounting evidence suggests people should be taking airborne allergies--aka allergic rhinitis--more seriously. Adults with moderate to severe hay fever take an extra four days off work per year on average, and may be less productive for up to 38 working days. Here, Geddes discusses hay fever and other airborne allergies, often trivialized, that are a big problem and getting worse.
