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Spring for most of us is the season of colors, flowers, life and love. But for many others, spring is nothing more than the most dreadful and feared Allergy Season. According to the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, up to 20 percent of Americans suffer from allergies. Although many over-the-counter remedies and prescription drugs are available, many allergy sufferers keep filling their medicine cabinets with products that bring them little relief.
Allergies have become a part of our reality and we have learned to accept this life with daily allergy reports on television, mostly sponsored by producers of allergy medicine, constant runny nose, stinging watery eyes, blocked sinuses, headaches, and sore throats. Allergies of course don't stop there. I also meet people with many different types of allergies, including reactions to food, animals, people, situations and those with allergic reactions to just about everything. But what are allergies really about? In my experience allergies, especially runny nose, stinging eyes, blocked up sinuses, are almost always the body telling you in your face: "I am not OK, please give me some time and attention". It is easy to prolong this situation without realizing it because of the huge amount of medication available to "control" the allergies. However, this merely postpones the time when sufferers realize they must look within themselves, dig deeper into their life and feelings, and find out about the real issues that are behind the allergy problem. It's never too late to begin to see yourself as the individual that you are and recognize your own wants, needs, opinions, dreams and aspirations.
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