What Is The Wheat Allergy? Though not as well known as some of the other allergies, the wheat allergy is nonetheless a considerable factor for health risks. It requires a diligence toward diet and lifestyle that few can match and, due to the overwhelming possibilities to have an attack,...
Inflammatory and Immune System
Topics related to inflammatory and immune system such as rheumatoid arthritis, connective tissue diseases, autoimmune diseases, allergies and normal development and function of the immune system.
Bronchial Asthma
Asthma from Rye Flour – Bronchial Asthma FRED M. was out of a job again. This was the third job he had lost within a month. This in itself was hardly as important as the fact that Fred was over 50 years of age and knew no other work....
Wheat Allergy Symptoms
What Are Wheat Allergy Symptoms? If you seem to be having problems when eating wheat products, you might want to find out about wheat allergy symptoms. If you think you are experiencing any of them, you may want to talk to your doctor to find out if you have...
What Allergy Tests Mean
Convulsions and Asthma from Egg – Allergy Tests FIVE-YEAB-OLD Allen Y. was rushed to the hospital. His sudden attack of convulsions had frightened his parents, but, within an hour, the child had responded to emergency treatment and was resting fairly well. The parents were still not satisfied. They feared...
Allergy Skin Test
Special Tests to Detect Allergens – Allergy Skin Test THERE ARE several different types of skin tests, and all depend on abrading the skin slightly by pricking or making small scratches. A small amount of the allergen or suspected substance in liquid form is placed on these small abrasions...
How Allergy Is Diagnosed
EVERYONE IS familiar with the fact that some persons develop rashes if they eat strawberries. This is not due to anything ordinarily poisonous in the strawberry itself, but to a peculiarity in the body cells of the person who eats strawberries. Certain cells are so changed that the strawberries...
What is Psoriasis?
Is Psoriasis a Common Disorder? The best answer to the question as to what is psoriasis, is that it is a common skin inflammation that causes frequent episodes of reddening, itching, as well as cause dry, thick and silvery scales on the skin. It occurs quite commonly and it...
How Does One Develop Allergies
How One Develops Allergy – Did I Develop Allergies From My Parents? IT HAS long been known that asthma, hay fever and migraine tend to run in families. One member may have asthma, whereas another will have migraine. There appears to be an inherited predisposition to develop an allergy....
Mold Allergy
Do You Have a Mold Allergy? There are many people who have a mold allergy, but they have no idea that this is the root of their problems. Some people have mild allergies that they can control with over-the-counter medications, and as long as these allergies remain mild, they...
History of Allergy
THE STORY of the allergies probably began in antiquity, but the first history of allergy record of an apparent allergy was noted in the year 3000 B.C., when the Emperor of China, Shen Nung, ordered pregnant women to refrain from eating fish, chicken and horsemeat. Ulceration of the skin...