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Margaret Wanjiru from Buruburu estate in Nairobi has perennially experienced a running and blocked nose, but she little does she know she suffers from allergic rhinitis, also characterized by sneezing, nasal congestion and body itches.
Allergic rhinitis has the 'runners and blockers' stages.
Prof Isaac Muthure Macharia, an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) surgeon, explains the above as symptoms of the early phase of allergic rhinitis-or the runners stage- which can be treated with antihistamines or anti-allergy drugs.
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