Spring is finally here! And it’s about time after what basically feels like a year-long winter. Humans everywhere are rejoicing its arrival —for about a week, that is, until we realize that our delicate bodies seem to react to even the smallest, mostly harmless invisible proteins in the environment. Welcome to allergy season! Allergies, however, are more than a mere inconvenience to be handled by popping some pill — if you know what’s happening inside your body and how you can use various strategies to manage its response.