It's the season of sneezes and sniffles.
An informational program on the fall hay fever and allergy season will be presented at the Perham Area Community Center on Sept. 13, at 10 a.m.
Treatment and prevention options will be outlined by Judy Dahl, PA-C.
For more information, call the Perham Area Community Center at 346-7222.
Allergies are abnormal reactions to ordinarily harmless substances. The sensitizing substances, called allergens, may be inhaled, swallowed, or come into contact with the skin.
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The fundamental cause of allergy is still not known. The problem has a tendency to run in families. An allergic individual is more likely to have relatives who are allergic than would be expected on the basis of chance, but non-hereditary factors apparently play a part as well. Evidence of this is the fact that infants who are breast-fed are less likely to develop allergies than bottle-fed babies.
The reason an individual becomes sensitive to some substances and not to others remains a mystery.
