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Pollen/allergens can cause cells in nose to release histamine.
Histamine causes certain allergy symptoms.
Antihistamines can reduce these allergy symptoms by blocking the action of histamine.
Antihistamines also have other effects. One of those effects is drowsiness.
Histamine doesnβt play any role in how colds produce symptoms.
Weβre looking for what must be true. This set of facts doesnβt produce any obvious inferences, so Iβd mainly rely on process of elimination.
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