Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihu1g.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!ihu1g!fish From: fish@ihu1g.UUCP (Bob Fishell) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Allergies and Treatments Thereof Message-ID: <427@ihu1g.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Jun-84 12:01:25 EDT Article-I.D.: ihu1g.427 Posted: Tue Jun 12 12:01:25 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Jun-84 01:00:52 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 17 After suffering with allergies to tree, grass, and weed pollen, common house dust, animals, and God knows what else, for the last 30 years or so, I've finally decided to get a series of desensitization shots. The Doc' said the treatment takes a while before it's effective, and that I'd have to do it for a few years to get the maximum benefit. Anybody else out there gone through this? I'd like to know how effective the treatment has been, and what the early stages of treatment are like. I am so badly allergic to some grass pollens that I'm afraid the cure might be worse than the affliction. We all know antihistamines suck, so I'm tired of treating it that way. However, the idea of having the very stuff that makes my eyes puff up shot into my bloodstream leaves me a little anxious. -- Bob Fishell ihnp4!ihu1g!fish