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Is There A Link Between Anxiety And Seasonal Allergies?

Recent studies are showing that people with allergies are also highly likely to have anxiety.

According to a Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center study, 7-year-old patients with allergies were found to also have been diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and other symptoms such as being withdrawn. Children with hay fever had a threefold risk of depression and anxiety.

Recently, more evidence has supported this link—and not just in children. A study of German adults, released in April, also found that generalized anxiety was linked to seasonal allergies.

If further research highlights this relationship between allergies and mental health, it could provide a fascinating glimpse into how our bodies might influence our minds, and possibly vice versa, according tothe study.

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The most recent paper had different findings. Other researchers pointed out that the newest study’s authors didn’t adjust for factors such as socioeconomic status, the subjects had an average age of 61, and the data were based on the self-reporting of allergies.

Moreover, some studies have identified no link between allergies and anxiety, leading some researchers to think the studies that have found one simply have similar methodological issues. At this point, it’s safe to say that people with allergies are more likely to be anxious.

In 2013, a team of researchers found that not only were allergies associated with an increased prevalence of anxiety and other mood disorders in adults, but people who had been treated for their allergies were

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