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Your nose has the task of filtering out the unwanted substances and preventing them from entering the lungs. As you inhale, the circulates through the nasal passages, being filtered, moistened…

There are more than 240 allergens, some rare and others very common. Who’d have though that barley, pigeon feathers, silk, egg yolk, horsemeat, vanilla and lentils could be allergens? It’s true.

You may know that cats can cause allergic reactions. What you may not be aware of is that dogs, rats, mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, hamsters, birds, horses,…

Your body is a weapon. The immune system is a machine of war, ready to take on invaders. The immune system has its own internal affairs department: it can identify cells which are…

Basic things that can protect you from allergies.

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When you’re outdoors, pollen is likely to be your main adversary, so:

The term hay fever is a misnomer: the condition is not caused by hay, nor does it produce fever. The clinical name is seasonal allergic rhinitis, which is a type of allergy.

Seasonal allergic rhinitis…

Your home looks clean, right? Well most of the time, then. But how clean is your house really and what goes on in the nooks and crannies that are difficult to reach?

Most people associate allergies with little more than annoying sniffles, sneezes and wheezes. But for sufferers of some food allergies, reactions can be far more serious - even fatal.

And,…

Food intolerance refers to any adverse reaction to food or food additives. Food allergy is only one such reaction and refers specifically to food intolerance in which the body’s immune (defence) system is directly involved.

It’s disconcerting that bugs live in your bed. But there are plenty of them. They’re called house dust mites and they night quietly live off the flakes of skin you…

Allergic reactions to drugs are fairly rare, but almost all drugs can cause a reaction of sorts in a small number of people. Drug reactions ranging from a mild allergic reaction to a severe anaphylactic…

Baffled by basophils, ignorant about IgE? Here’s what it all means.

“Asthma” comes from the ancient Greek word meaning “panting"and, if you’ve experienced an asthma attack, you’ll understand why. For some, an asthma attack feels as though an elephant is sitting on their chest, while for others…

People with peanut allergy may also be allergic to lupin flour, which is increasingly being added to human food products, British investigators report in The Lancet medical journal.

Dr. Michael…

Pimecrolimus cream provides rapid relief of symptoms and helps promote sleep in young children with eczema, German researchers report.

Dr. Roland Kaufmann of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital in…

The sky is blue, and so am I.

Pollen kicks off my allergies, which means that when Seattle’s skies aren’t dripping, my nose is.

Certainly I enjoy looking out at a…