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Stress rash: What to do when stress gives you hives
  + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +5 min
What causes a stress rash? Stress hives can occur in response to elevated body temperatures caused by stress. What does a stress rash look like? Stress rashes are occasionally paired with swelling of the eyelids or the lips, Ploch said. How to get rid of a stress rashThe best treatment for a stress rash is to prevent it altogether, but don’t panic if after a hard day at work your skin begins to itch.
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Why You Really Should Clean Your Trash Can
  + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Jancee Dunn | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
I, like many others, clean around this time each year. But when I told Dr. Kathleen May, president of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, that one of my favorite pastimes is thoroughly washing all of my bedding, she said something that will haunt me forever. “If your blanket has been sitting on a bed all winter, it may be loaded with dust mites,” Dr. May said. “If you shake it, the dust mites are going to be airborne for one to two hours.”She added that airborne dust mites, while gross, are a problem only for people who are allergic to them. Dr. May’s tidbit made me think beyond the usual spring-cleaning tasks.
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