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Back to school with food allergies, avoiding allergens

Posted: Sep 02, 2010 |

I’m Jane Meagher, creator of Protect Your My Child From Life-Threatening Food Allergies, an innovative and comprehensive video learning system for parents of food-allergic children, and I’m a parent, just like you, of a child with severe food allergies. Here’s a few quick and helpful tips to help you protect your child from the everyday dangers of food allergies.

Here’s some helpful hints for food allergy safety at school and avoiding allergens in the classroom.

Request that food is not used as rewards. Teachers often hand out candy throughout the day or week as rewards for desired behavior or accomplishments. Suggest the use of stickers or other trinkets instead.

Special events, celebrations an dparties often involve food so request advance notice so you have time to plan ahead and to request to speak with whoever is buying the food for the party. Work with them to select safe foods and/or also make sure food ingredient labels will be available so they can be checked the day of the party.

Provide a box of safe treats for your child to have at birthday parties and other special events involving food at school. Each year, before school started, my daughter and I would prepare a box of special treats for her to keep in the classroom. We put it in a large, clear, plastic container with her name in big letters, and filled it with special peanut-free and tree-nut-free treats she didn’t otherwise have at home.

Request that food is not used in classroom projects and activities. Typical examples might be using nuts in a counting project, using milk or egg cartons in a craft project, or peanut butter to make bird feeders. Even science experiments might involve food.

I’d love to give you 10 things to do to help your child have a safe ride on the schoolbus and then a personal story sharing the evolution of various creative solutions we devised over the years, and how we worked with the school to comply with their rules at each age, but to make sure my daughter always had access to her life-saving medicine on the school bus.

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*12 ways to avoid danger at extra-curricular activities
*My top 10 rules for accurately reading food ingredient labels to make sure the food you give your child is safe
(and a free downloadable copy of these rules!)

I’m doing this in celebration of the release of my Protect Your Child From Life-Threatening Food Allergies system, and I hope that parents everywhere will benefit from these free videos.

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Please take just 10 minutes a day over 5 days to watch these free videos that will help you do more to keep your child safe.

I wish you and your family health, happiness, and safety.

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Fighting those Food Allergies, the Allergens Way

Maya — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:42:23 +0000

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People having a food allergy most of the times are not even aware that they have one. There may be difficulty in diagnosis moreover if there haven’t been apparent reactions then or before. Generally the symptoms surface only if there is excessive consumption more than the body’s tolerable level of intake.

Mostly food allergy makes it seem as if some foods are actually harmful. The body’s immune system then starts creating antibodies to fight back those allergens which were responsible for the allergy in the first place. When a person eats food, or touches it, or even breathes near it the body releases some chemicals like histamine to fight allergens. The symptoms of these allergies can go as far as affecting the skin, cardiovascular system, gastrointestinal tract and the respiratory system. The symptoms of these food allergies include abdominal pain, sneezing, asthma, running nose, itching in the throat, tongue and lips, etc.

Special diets are essential for food allergies. These are the diets which have low or no content of food allergens as much as possible. It is advisable to consult with a dietician or a doctor especially when one wants to start over with a specialized new diet. This is because one might omit a lot of nutrients in case he or she has taken on a new diet without anyone else’s consultation and might want to replace those lost nutrients.

1. Milk allergic diets. One needs to remove dairy and milk products however this means that a goodish diet containing calcium and vitamin D. Hence it is important that these milk products are replaced with other equally nutritious diets namely spinach, soy products, broccoli, etc. these products too must be checked on the label for their ingredients. One can always use soy milk for cow’s milk. There are other non dairy products such as cheese, chocolate, ice cream, margarines, etc.

2. Peanut allergy diets. Among all kinds of food allergies, peanut allergy is the fatal as well as potentially serious. These contain the allergens which are most commonly known to trigger allergic reactions. Commercial foods like candy, baked and ethnic foods contain peanuts; more so if they are all prepared by one manufacturer.

3. Egg Allergy Diets. Adults, infants and young children are usually prone to this kind of allergy. When this happens, one should completely eliminate the consumption of eggs and products containing eggs. Make sure that you carefully check labels before buying anything as many egg alternatives contain egg white content.

4. Fish allergy diet. There are different species of fish but most contain the similar proteins. If you suffer from fish allergy, then you should avoid eating all kinds of fish, unless your allergist has determined which specie of fish triggers your reaction. Try your best to avoid visiting seafood restaurants.

5. Tree nuts allergy diets. The products that contain tree nut ingredients should be completely avoided even if it is only one nut that has triggered your reaction. There are many lotions and shampoos that also contain tree nuts. Check all product labels carefully.

6. Soy allergy diets. All soybeans are supposed to be legumes and these include navy beans, kidney beans, string beans, black beans, peanuts, pinto beans, chickpeas, lentils, carob and licorice. These are used widely for the processing of foods, so you should exercise caution and avoid such products.

7. Shellfish allergy diets. There are different species of shell fish but most contain similar proteins. Eliminate all the species of shellfish from your regular diet, unless your allergist has previously determined which specie is causing the reaction.

8. Wheat allergy diet. Proteins present in wheat are known as gluten and the American diet staple are wheat made foods. But these are the ones you need to avoid. Always read product labels thoroughly before purchasing.

Remember these diet guidelines always if you wish to combat food allergies with success.

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Can Hypnotherapy Be Used To Treat Coeliac’s Disease (allergy To Gluten/wheat)?

Maya — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:25:00 +0000

No. Hypnotherapy cannot heal the small intestine, or cause the absorption of grain protein in individuals with gluten-sensitive enteropathy.

Hypnosis can’t treat allergies or indigestion issues, not to mention how much worse Coeliac Disease is than just that.
Improper digestion needs to be addressed within your stomach, and telling your mind to change how something is digested won’t change the digestion… although you might be able to trick your mind into not feeling pain from the indigestion.

Also, for the sake of argument, if you could stop the reaction you got from Coeliac or allergies, it could make you very sick if not kill you… the reaction is how your body processes and/or eliminates the contamination from the allergens.

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Milk Allergy Can Be Treated With… Milk!

Rachel — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:58:44 +0000

Milk Allergy can be treated if the allergic increases the intake of milk over a longer period.

Milk can probably alleviate the milk allergics intolerance to milk, a research shows published in the Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. According to a new study of 19 children aged 6 to 17 years, which a team of researchers has carried out in collaboration with Johns Hopkins Hospital Child.

In the experiment 12 children ate increased doses of powdered milk, while the remaining seven children were given the placebo powder. And the result is that the intake of milk powder can train the immune system to completely overlook or better tolerate the allergens in milk, which previously caused allergic reactions,” says one of the researchers behind the study and director of the hospital center for allergy and immunology, medical Robert Woods to Reuters.

The children who were given milk powder was after four months of treatment in a position to intake up to half deciliter cow’s milk without getting allergic reactions, while the children who received placebo powder, still could not drink a spoonful without getting problems.

Robert Woods, however, warns against that parents are beginning to give their children milk without supervision by a medical expert.

So far, he can not say with certainty whether health improvements are permanent, or whether they cease if the allergic immune system is not confronted with the allergens on a daily basis.

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Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology 2008; 121: 137: a randomized, double-blind, Placebo-Controlled (DBPC) Study of Milk Oral Immunotherapy (MOIT) of Cow’s Milk Allergy (CMA). Medication for milk allergy.

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Perfume Allergy

Rachel — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:16:27 +0000

Perfume is one of the major causes of allergic contact eczema. Perfume allergy occurs most frequently in women, but also among men, younger adults and older children.
What’s perfume?

A perfume is a mixture of fragrances, which are composed to form an aesthetic whole. The individual fragrance ingredients in a perfume are volatile and are released to the atmosphere at different rates, so the smell is changing over time. A perfume can consist of 10 to 300 individual substances and there are some 2500 different fragrances to choose from in the composition of perfumes. Fragrances may be small chemicals or natural extracts from, for example plants. There is no fundamental difference in their ability to give allergy, whether they are chemical substances or whether they are natural, actually the leading cause of perfume allergy are natural extracts. Perfumes are added all kinds of products in the cosmetics and cleaning products and used in toys, stationery, air fresher, industrial products, paint, cutting oils, and more.

What is the cause of perfume allergies?

Perfume allergy occurs when too large amounts of allergenic fragrances are used in products. Of the 2,500 fragrances, which are found, is about100 known as allergens in humans, there is some 25 which is of some importance to 10-12 as the most significant.

In spite of the relatively few fragrances, which are known allergens, these drugs have just been widely used in the composition of perfumes for all purposes. See table.

The presence of seven known allergenic fragrances determined by chemical analysis

Product Type	Number of Products	Share with one or more of the selected fragrances
Prestige Perfumes	10	100 % 100%
Natural Perfumes	22	82 % 82%
Deodorants	72	17-76 % 17-76%

Products which are in prolonged contact with skin, gives everything else being equal a greater risk of allergies than products that are only briefly in contact with skin. In the latter group belongs shampoo. In the former group includes perfume, eau de toilette, eau de cologne, deodorant and creams / lotions.

A study of five newly marketed perfume suggests that fewer allergenic fragrances than in the past

What are the symptoms?

The first symptom of perfume allergies are often eczema in the armpit after using deodorant. Eczema can disappear again at the cessation of the use of the specific deodorant, which has caused eczema. In other cases continues eczema or come back at a later time when you use other products that contain the allergenic fragrance that can not tolerate. It can cause hand eczema, widespread eczema on the face and body.

Allergic reaction caused by the perfume of deoderant

How frequent is it?

Perfume is one of the major causes of allergic contact eczema. Perfume allergy occurs most frequently in women, but also among men, younger adults and older children. Recent studies from Germany estimates that around 4% of the adult population has perfume allergies. Several Danish studies have shown a doubling of perfume allergy over the last 10-15 years in the population. This is caused by an increasing consumption of perfume in a variety of products, presumably with the use of large quantities of perfume in the individual products, without you have adjusted the use of allergenic fragrances. Approximately 10% of eczema patients are tested for allergies, have perfume allergies.

Diagnosis and treatment

The diagnosis perfume allergy made by a patch test also called patch tests. The doctor uses a mixture of 8 fragrances, 7 chemicals and natural extracts to diagnose perfume allergies, also used a large number of individual fragrances and formulas for diagnosis. The mixture of the 8 fragrances called a perfume mix (Fragrance mix) and has been in use since early 1980. In recent years, there developed a further diagnostic testing: Fragrance mix II. It contains six fragrances, which are frequent cause of allergies. All eczema patients tested routinely honor at the explanation of allergy, most often with their own cosmetics, perfumes and more.

What can we do?

Persons without perfume allergies:

If you want to satisfy themselves fully against perfume allergies, you need uparfumerede products.

In all cases, one should avoid using perfumed products on eksemhud, as eczema increases the risk of allergy occurs because of skin protection barrier is broken down.

People with perfume allergies:
If you have severe allergies perfume or wish to secure the whole, one should avoid using perfumed products.
The easiest way to determine whether a product is perfumed, is to smell it.

Remember natural cosmetics or other natural products may contain fragrances that cause allergies.

If you want to use some perfume products, the new labeling requirement opportunity to select products from which we could not tolerate.
Products as eau de toilette may want used outside of the clothes. If you have a slight degree of perfume allergies will often be able to tolerate the use of certain fragrance products, particularly products that are flushed skin again, and therefore only have contact with the skin in a short time.

If you get a rash of a product should immediately stop using it. If the rash is widespread or lasting more than a few days, should seek medical advice and do not settle with a medical answering service.

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Fish Allergy

Rachel — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:08:50 +0000

A fish allergy and a shellfish allergy are two different things. While a shellfish allergy includes lobster, clams, shrimp and any other fish with an outer hard shell, a fish allergy includes more routine types of fish–salmon, tuna, pollock, cod, eel, snapper, and others.

A fish allergy usually develops in adults and if you are allergic to one kind of fish, the chances are good you are also allergic to others. The best thing to do is avoid all fish or if you really want to have fish in your diet, talk to your doctor about testing to determine exactly which kind of fish you should not eat.

As in all allergies, with a fish allergy the body’s immune system is triggered when it mistakenly senses that a fish protein is an enemy substance and must be attacked and eliminated from the body. It releases histamines as a means of protection. It is these histamines that cause an allergy–the body swells up, there can be sneezing, hives, a tingling in the mouth, gastro-intestinal problems such as diarrhea and vomiting, and a swollen throat and nasal passages can result in trouble breathing or in respiratory arrest, known as anaphylactic shock.

Anyone experiencing the severe reaction of anaphylactic shock must be treated in the emergency room or carry with them at all times a doctor-prescribed anaphylactic shock medicine kit with antihistamines and a syringe of epinephrine to reverse the reaction.
Diagnosis can be made by a skin test in which skin is pricked and different kinds of fish protein are sprinkled on the opening. A hive will appear if the person is allergic to the fish. A blood test can also be done to see if there are histamines in the blood after an allergic reaction.

People can have an easier time avoiding fish and fish products than they can wheat, gluten, corn or other foods that cause allergies. However, the treatment for a fish allergy is not to eat any fish or products containing fish, being careful to always read labels. While the names of fish can be easy to spot, other products have fish oils, additives or proteins. These include Caesar salad dressing, Worcestershire sauce, gelatin, Thai fish sauce, bouillabaisse, fumet (fish stock), and omega-3 supplements, among others

In addition, there is a fish parasite, anisakis simplex, that can cause the same kind of fish allergies as fish themselves. This is another place to look if you have eliminated all of the fish but you are still triggering allergic reactions. Fish is one of eight allergens identified by U..S. law as one which must be put on the label of any product containing it, even if it’s just a small amount.

Tuna and mackerel are considered to be kinds of fish that cause the fewest number of allergic reactions. By meeting with your doctor or nutritionist, you can easily set up a fish-free diet and meal plan that will enable you to live with any kind of fish allergy.

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Corn Allergy and Egg Allergy – what to avoid

Rachel — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:31:05 +0000

Here is some information on egg allergies and corn allergies. These allergic reactions can be quite sneaky – some people don’t even get stomach or intestinal disturbances at all. Quite often, egg allergies are the cause of otherwise undiagnosed headaches or migranes, chronic sore throats, and other sympotms that can be easily overlooked as a food allergy. I hope this helps!

Egg Allergies: “Egg”-cellent Alternatives

Egg allergies can be hard to manage, especially when you want to enjoy baked goods.
There are many egg substitutes that can be used with great results, but for those with other food allergies, store-bought substitutes may contain additional allergens like corn.
A great homemade egg substitute may be made with ground flax seed. For one egg, combine 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed with 3 tablespoons of hot water. Whisk and let sit for about 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thick. Use as you would the egg in your recipe. You can double this for two eggs, triple for three, etc., and you will be getting your omega fatty acids and fiber to boot! I recommend everyone try this even if you don’t have egg allergies, as it is tasty and healthy.
There are also commercial egg substitutes that can be used for omelettes. Check to make sure you can have all of the ingredients, and see which brands you like best.

Corn Allergies – Difficult to Go Against the “Grain”

Studies have shown that nearly 75% of the items in our grocery stores contain some kind of corn. For those of us with corn allergies, this can cause serious problems: even if processed items do not list corn as an ingredient, they may have come into contact with corn at some point in their manufacture. Even this small amount may make you sick.
There are many ways to avoid corn, and preparing your own foods is the best way. Instead of using corn flour or starch, you can use other flours and starches with excellent results. Try using garfava flour (a flour mix made of fava beans and garbanzo, or chickpeas) instead of corn flour, and tapioca or arrowroot starch instead of cornstarch.

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Yeast Allergy – Symptoms And What To Avoid

Rachel — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:10:12 +0000

If you suffer from Yeast Allergy then you have a Type 1 Allergy, also known as Contact Allergy. This is a hypersensitivity to a protein found in yeast that causes the immune system to overreact causing an allergic reaction. Antibodies and histamines are releases into the blood stream in an attempt to neutralize the yeast protein. These chemicals trigger the allergic symptoms.

Most food allergy reactions usually happen within a few minutes to a few hours after eating or inhaling yeast. Most mild to moderate reactions last less than a day and can involve a rash on the skin, cramps, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, runny nose, watery eyes, wheezing and coughing.

William G Cook M.D. 1983 published a book called The Yeast Connection. He claimed that the use of antibiotics to kill germs in the human body also killed friendly germs needed by the body to maintain a healthy balance. Yeast produces toxins that weaken the immune system. Diets rich in carbohydrates and yeasts, birth control pills, cortisone, and other drugs can stimulate yeast growth.

He believes that to correct the problem, he prescribed allergenic extracts, anti-fungal drugs, vitamins and mineral supplements, and diets that avoid refined carbohydrates, processed foods, and fruits and milk.

The allergic to yeast testing involves putting a liquid extract of the yeast protein on your body, usually the back or forearm, and then scratching the skin slightly. If you develop hives, or red bumps, or the skin turns reddish in color and itches then these symptoms could indicate a positive result for allergies to yeast.

Another test that can be performed is called The Food Challenge. You are told to avoid all yeast-containing foods for several weeks. Avoidance can be very difficult because yeast protein is often hidden in other foods.
The doctor will then have you eat only yeast under close supervision. If symptoms appear after eating the yeast products they you are allergic to yeast and will need to avoid anything that has on the label, contains yeast ingredients, made using yeast ingredients, or made in a facility that also processes yeast.

If you are allergic to yeast then absolutely avoid eating bread and other baked goods, drinking ale, beer, red or white wine, sherry, and vermouth. All alcoholic beverages will contain yeast to some extent. Whiskeys are distilled from beers; scotch, bourbon, rye, cognacs and brandies are distilled from wines.

All alcoholic beverages use yeast, as catalysts for fermentation so will contain some amount in the final products. Rum, gin, and vodka are type of liquor that is not derived from high-yeast so have the lowest yeast content for people with a Yeast Allergy.

Always consult your doctor before using this information.
This Article is nutritional in nature and is not to be construed as medical advice.

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Pollen may cause food allergy

Rachel — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:43:46 +0000

About 20% of the population suffers from pollen allergy, and if you are one of the unfortunate, you should be aware of certain kinds of foods. See the list here.

The pollen season is upon us. For those, who suffer from allergies, this time in the year is tough to get through, but many people with pollen allergy can also react to a number of foods.

If you suffer from pollen allergy, you might also react to certain kinds of food – for instance when you peel potatoes or eat peaches or apricots. Responses may be itching in the mouth, and some say that the itching seems to continue right out of the ears.

The substances which cause allergies, are proteins. The proteins found in pollen are related to those proteins which are in fruit and vegetables, and the immune system may have difficulties separating them from each other. This may lead to a so-called cross-reaction, where pollen allergic persons reacts allergic to something they have never eaten before.

Sneezing and running eyes

Signs of pollen allergy is sneezing, a runny nose and eyes running (hay fever) together with an annoying itching. The nose might also be so congested that it may be difficult to breathe. In some cases, pollen allergy may cause symptoms from the lungs (asthma).

If you are allergic to pollen you might experience allergic symptoms when you eat certain fruits, vegetables, nuts or spices. The body reacts because it can not distinguish between the allergenic substances (the allergens) in pollen and similar substances in food. This is called cross-reactions.

Every other person with allergies to both birch, grass and mogwort pollen experience symptoms when they eat certain nuts, fruits and vegetables. Among those with only have birch pollen allergy, every three experience cross-reactions.

Some pollen allergic persons may experience symptoms year round, if they eat food that cross reacts with pollen. Others will only have symptoms in the pollen season.

If you suffer from birch pollen allergy, you might also experience symptoms from cross-reacting food when it is the season for pollen from alder, elm or hazel. Similarly, people with allergies to alder, elm and hazel respond to the same food as with birch pollen allergy.

It does not help on the symptoms from the pollen allergy it self that you avoid the foods that cross reacts with pollen.

Symptoms

When responding to food, which cross reacts with pollen, the most common symptoms are itching and swelling on the lips and in the mouth and throat. Some experience that the itching continues right out to the ears.

More rare are symptoms such as hives (rash and itching), asthma and stomach and ingestion problems. A very few people develops eczema on their hands when they touch on some of the food that cross reacts with pollen.

In cases where the reactions are severe such as swelling of the throat and neck, and the cause is not known, the doctor will in some cases perform an allergy test and make a provocation with the suspect foods.

If the doctor chooses to make an allergy test for the cross-reacting food, you should be aware of false positive results. For instance, many with grass pollen allergy will receive a positive response for wheat and other cereal products, when examining the blood sample, but they have no symptoms when they eat wheat. There they should not avoid wheat.

Below is a list of foods that might cross react with pollen.

Birch pollen

Food, which might cause allergic reactions when suffering from birch pollen allergy

Fruit: apricot, plum, peach, cherry, kiwi, nectarine, pear, apple

Vegetables: carrot, potato, tomato, pepper, celery

Nuts: hazelnut, peanut, almond, Brazil nut, walnut

Grass pollen

Food, which might cause allergic reactions when suffering from grass pollen allergy

Fruit: orange, melon

Vegetables: tomato, pea

Nuts: Groundnut / peanut

Mugwort / Sagebrush pollen

Food, which might cause allergic reactions when suffering from Mugwort / Sagebrush pollen allergy

Fruit: Melon, sun flower seeds

Vegetables: Pepper, carrot, parsnip, parsley root, celery

Herbs: Camille, Parsley

Spices and herbs

Spices and herbs, which may cause allergic reactions when suffering from pollen allergy

Anis, curry powder, marjoram, basil, coriander, oregano, dill, caraway, paprika, tarragon, meat, black pepper, fennel, wormwood, thyme.

Exotic fruits and vegetables

Some people with pollen allergy might get unexpected symptoms when they eat raw exotic fruits and vegetables, such as on travel. If you normally have strong reactions against food, it is a good idea to start with little bits of fruit and vegetables until you know whether you can tolerate them or not.

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Cats may prevent asthma and allergies

Maya — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:38:48 +0000

A study in May 2008, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, shows that cats in the childhood home, may help reduce the number of children who develop asthma and allergic.

This unexpected result is the outcome of a larger investigation that started back in 1998. A study aimed to show the consequence for pregnant women and their babies if being sustainably exposed to pollution, pesticides and certain allergens…

These new research findings appears to be in line with other recent surveys which show that we need to get our immune system “started” so early in life as possible. This is best done if the child grows up in a “not too hygienic environment”, but instead subjected to a moderate level of all substances of life in all categories.

However, there does not appear to be any healing effect of having a cat, if the child already has developed asthma or allergy. In those cases the scientists still advices the parents to get rid of the cat, as soon as possible.

Another study also shows that it may not only be cats who have this protective effect. This second study even shows that being exposed to many pets at an early stage, not only provide some level of protection against developing allergies to the specific animals they are being exposed to. It also seems to have a preventive effect on other allergies.

What do you think? Do you or your children suffer from asthma or allergies? Do you think that this makes sense? Write a comment…

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Fighting those Food Allergies, the Allergens Way

Can Hypnotherapy Be Used To Treat Coeliac’s Disease (allergy To Gluten/wheat)?

Milk Allergy Can Be Treated With… Milk!

Perfume Allergy

Perfume is one of the major causes of allergic contact eczema. Perfume allergy occurs most frequently in women, but also among men, younger adults and older children. What’s perfume?

What is the cause of perfume allergies?

What are the symptoms?

How frequent is it?

Diagnosis and treatment

What can we do?

Fish Allergy

Corn Allergy and Egg Allergy – what to avoid

Yeast Allergy – Symptoms And What To Avoid

Pollen may cause food allergy

About 20% of the population suffers from pollen allergy, and if you are one of the unfortunate, you should be aware of certain kinds of foods. See the list here.

Sneezing and running eyes

Symptoms

Birch pollen

Grass pollen

Mugwort / Sagebrush pollen

Spices and herbs

Exotic fruits and vegetables

Cats may prevent asthma and allergies

Perfume is one of the major causes of allergic contact eczema. Perfume allergy occurs most frequently in women, but also among men, younger adults and older children.
What’s perfume?