HOW THIS BOOK CAN HELP YOU

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THIS BOOK is about allergic noses and the conditions that

masquerade as allergic noses. It s about sniff rag and sneezing. It s

about drippy noses, stopped-up noses, and itchy noses. It s about

pollens, dusts, dogs, cats, and house mites. It s about allergy tests,

skin-testing, and blood testing; antihistamines, decongestants, cor-

ficestereid sprays, and cromolyn sodium; allergy desensitization

shots and blood pressure pills. It s about bloody noses, infected

sinuses, fluid in the ears, and losing your sense of smell. This book

is about noses, all about noses, and the problems they cause.

And they cause a lot of problems:

~ Morethanlbillionpcopleworldwidesufferbecauseoftheir

noses, some 50 million of those here in the United States.

~ Nose problems make you feel miserable, they embaruss you,

keep you awake at dight, give you headaches, and cause

you to be unable to conoen~ate at work or at school.

~ Nose problems send you to the doctor and they cause you to

take medication(s), which sometimes makes you feel even

worse.

~ Nose problems are expensive. In the United States alone,

nasal sufferers lose about $200 million in wages and spend

almost $1 billion in health care delivery every year.

~ Each year, in the United States alone, nasal sufferers lose

some 5 million days from work and 3 million days from

school.