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Letter: What is the role of stress in producing allergies? (2)

Published 5 September 2018

From Tony Kelly, Crook, County Durham, UK

Penny Sarchet doesn't mention a factor that, I am sure, contributes to allergies: stress. I refer to unrelenting mental stress to which there is no conceivable ending or solution. I am sure, for example, that at least some children who develop an allergy after starting school are the targets of bullying.

Issue no. 3194 published 8 September 2018

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