...is what I am currently suffering from. Oh, how I am suffering.

Symptoms include:

- Head-spinning.
- Mild hysteria.
- Contortion of facial features into an expression of utmost bewilderment.
- Involuntary outbursts of words such as "Eh?" and "Whatthefuck?"
- A near-uncontrollable thirst for mind-numbing Guinness.
- Risk of being bored to death.

It all started over three hours ago as the following conversation drew to a close:

".... so basically, we've got some interesting findings, which we're really excited about and think a lot of people would be excited about, too. Shall I send you a summary and you can put it into an article for us?"

"Sure, go ahead."

Which is why I am currently still ploughing my way though a document that includes this...

"IgE-mediated sensitization is not an all-or-nothing phenomenon, as the probability of presence and persistence of wheeze increases with increasing specific IgE antibody levels."

And this...

"U-EPX reflects the presence of atopy and associated symptoms and may be useful for monitoring the progression of allergic disease."

And, best of all, this...

"Increasing endotoxin exposure is associated with reduced risk of allergic sensitization and eczema and with increased risk of non-atopic wheeze, but only in children with the CC genotype at -159 of the CD14 gene31."

So. Are we excited yet?

*bashes head on desk and start to hyperventilate - which may or may not be related to non-atopic wheezing, depending on whatever the feck that means*