What is a drainage problem as in allergy?
I suppose it's a phrase well understood among average native speakers without medical backgrounds. If not, please forgive me for asking this question. So, what is a drainage problem as in allergy. Like diarrhea?

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Many allergies to plants typically involve a stuffy nose or blocked sinuses (head symptoms). A runny nose would be an allergy related drainage problem.

Drainage here simply means that a material is leaving one part of your body to go to another part of your body (or to leave the body) like a runny nose, chest congestion, etc.

As for diarrhea, it is indeed another type of drainage, but if that is the allergic reaction you have to something you REALLY need to see a doctor immediately (Anaphylactic shock is BAD) :-/

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If you have a nasal blockage due to pollen allergy then it is hard to  blow/drain your nose. If your ekes water due to an allergy then you need special eye drops.

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Thanks for your answers, roberto4u2 and Jura. I do have allergic problems every now and then, but they are all minor, fortunately, not serious enough to threaten my life.  ：）

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