Have you ever wondered?

...or maybe you were too busy sneezing!!!!

I usually have my newspaper article written early in the month.  It is now Monday morning, the final day articles are due, and I'm just starting.  Why???? Because I have allergies!!!!!

An allergy is when your body or your immune system mistakenly believes that something, such as, plant pollen or a certain food is harmful to your body. This is known as an Allergen.

So, to protect you, your body produces IgE antibodies to the allergen. The IgE antibodies cause a release of chemicals into your body. One of these chemicals is histamine.

The histamine is what gets you!  Your eyes, nose, throat and skin itch; your nose hurts because of wiping it so much, etc. I could go on, but we all know the picture.  Doctors have a cure for a lot of things, but not allergies. They do however have ways to relieve symptoms with pills or nasal sprays. Some of these can make you sleepy but that's better than your head aching. So try not to get allergies! Hang in there if you have allergies, 50 million Americans do so you’re not the only one suffering!

By ....achoo! Pat Hollander