A cedar tree releases clouds of allergy inducing pollen.

It confused me why did these allergy symptoms persist well past the pollen season?

Whatever the reason, the current US presidential election only seems to be making my allergy worse.

And they ask you questions about your lifestyle and your family history, your medication history, your surgical history, your allergy history ... did I forget any history?

Research National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases scientists have been studying and treating patients with mastocytosis for several years at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center.

A variety of steroid medications, from anti allergy nasal sprays (Nasonex, Flonase) to topical skin creams, to eye drops (Tobradex), to prednisone have been implicated in the development of CSR.

Do it over and over again. And they ask you questions about your lifestyle and your family history, your medication history, your surgical history, your allergy history ... did I forget any history?

Bismuth subsalicylate should not be taken by those with aspirin allergy, kidney disease, or gout, nor concurrently with certain antibiotics such as the quinolones, and should not be taken continuously for more than three weeks.

That question will soon need to be answered, because both the pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (in conjunction with the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) and the Public Health Agency of Canada have candidate vaccines in development.

And, because the Republicans in Congress have an equally strong allergy to raising any taxes, any time, under any circumstances, the bill does not rely at all on tax increases not even for the wealthiest Americans for the deficit reduction that it provides.

On February 17, 2012, the tragic news that New York Times Middle East Correspondent Anthony Shadid had passed away in Syria at the age of 43, reportedly as a result of a severe asthma attack triggered by an allergy to horses, saddened news readers the world over.

The condition of many allergy sufferers has become critical because of the delay in the arrival of drugs imported by special rush order. In addition, there is a delay in the arrival of essential operational materials, which has led to the death of approximately 200 infants in the hospitals of the Jamahiriya and the deaths in child birth of 50 Libyan women.