Systemic allergic reactions are a relatively common clinical emergency. In their mildest form, they may just manifest as systemic cutaneous reactions with pruritis, allergy urticaria and angioedema. In more severe cases there are cardiorespiratory symptoms such as stridor, wheeze, difficulty in breathing or hypotension. Anaphylaxis has been defined as a ‘severe, life-threatening generalized or systemic hypersensitivity reaction’. The prevalence of systemic allergic reactions is unclear because of the lack of a clear, consistent definition and large prospective population studies. (more…)
Anaphylactic reactions to Hymenoptera venom are relatively uncommon but can be life-threatening: venom immunotherapy is the treatme ...
Definitions of anaphylaxis vary considerably, impeding the comparison of different clinical studies. Different definitions of a ...
It will be helpful for you to have some understanding of the terms that are currently being used by practitioners in the field ...
The safety of immunotherapy has been a constraint on this form of treatment for allergic disease. Although retrospective survey ...
Families frequently do not use their self-injectable adrenaline device, even when their kids is experiencing a potentially life ...
Every day more people who come to clinics or doctors who ask for health talks about what happens when they have an allergy to condoms. This is a subject on which both men and women of all ages and from all over the world, are going to ask frequently. Condom allergy is a common problem, which in turn has many solutions, but the need good advice to counteract or take measures necessary for full enjoyment of sex. (more…)
Latex is a substance that is part of various products such as tires, gloves and condoms, and can cause severe allergic reactions ...
Systemic allergic reactions are a relatively common clinical emergency. In their mildest form, they may just manifest as system ...
The literature on the prevalence of latex allergy in the general population is unclear. The prevalence has been estimated as ra ...
This study investigated the possibility of sex-specificity for the association of obesity and asthma using objective measures of Bo ...
Do you have occupational asthma or the condition where your asthma is triggered or even worsen when you are in your office or j ...