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DESCRIPTION: Allergy symptoms can run the gamut from mild sniffles to life-threatening anaphylaxis – the pulse weakens, the throat swells, and the airway starts to close as the body rapidly responds to an allergen. Medical editor Dr. Richard Holm and host Tami Watson discuss allergies with Dr. Thomas Luzier from Aberdeen Asthma & Allergy and Dr. Maclean Smith from Allergy & Asthma Clinic in Sioux Falls. TOPICS: seasonal allergies, allergy tests, RAST, prick skin test, peanut allergy. GUESTS/INTERVIEWS: Thomas Luzier, MD - Aberdeen Asthma & Allergy; R. Maclean Smith, MD - Allergy & Asthma Clinic; Nikki Berreth - Son Has Peanut Allergy; Trevor Berreth - Has Peanut Allergy; Mark E. Bubak, MD - Dakota Allergy and Asthma; James Lee, PhD - Mayo Clinic; Cheryl Protheroe - Mayo Clinic.