Exposure and allergic sensitization to cockroach was associated with a significantly greater risk of asthma hospitalization and greater healthcare utilization among 476 children aged 4 to 9 years who participated in the National Cooperative Inner-City Asthma Study. Allergic sensitization to the mold Alternaria has been identified as a significant allergen in terms of increasing airway hyperresponsiveness and was associated with a nearly 200-fold increased risk of respiratory arrest due to asthma, emphasizing the importance of determining underlying allergic sensitivities in patients with asthma and providing patients with accurate and practical advice on allergen avoidance techniques. (more…)
Sensitization to pets remains a risk factor for asthma and rhinitis, and can occur in people who have never lived with a pet. S ...
The two strongest risk factors for asthma in childhood are a family history and immediate hypersensitivity to common allergens. ...
More severe asthma can persist from childhood into adulthood without remission. Another important tendency in the natural histo ...
Natural history studies with the following design features provide a firm epidemiologic foundation for risk factor assessments and ...
In the Tucson CRS study, about 50% of young children experienced a period of recurrent wheezing and/or coughing in the first 6 ...
The prevalence of atopic dermatitis is increasing in Western societies. The hygiene hypothesis proposes that this is due to reduced exposure to environmental allergens and infections during early life. The authors examined factors associated with a diagnosis of atopic dermatitis at 3.5 years of age, especially those factors implicated by the hygiene hypothesis. The Auckland Birthweight Collaborative study is a case–control study of risk factors for small-for-gestational-age babies. Cases were born at term with birth weight at or below the 10th centile; controls were appropriate for gestational age, with birth weight above the 10th centile. (more…)
Atopic Dermatitis is considered to be one of the first manifestations in the atopic march. The aim of this study was to investi ...
Breast milk contains a variety of bioactive substances, among them soluble CD14 (sCD14), which plays an important role in innat ...
Atopic Dermatitis is a chronic relapsing skin disease. Several investigations concerning the long-term prognosis of Atopic Derm ...
Avoidance of any one of the individual risk factors associated with childhood asthma has not been successful in preventing its deve ...
Atopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory condition of the skin which usually starts in infancy. It is sometimes called ‘atop ...
Sensitization to pets remains a risk factor for asthma and rhinitis, and can occur in people who have never lived with a pet. Several reports have indicated that living with a pet reduces the risk of becoming sensitized to that pet. Having a pet in the home gives exposure to more than just allergens. In areas with a high frequency of pet ownership, community exposure to pet allergens is almost certainly sufficient to induce sensitization among non-pet-owners. In this review, the authors examined the results of recent studies that have investigated the relationship between pet ownership, specific sensitization to that pet, and allergic sensitization in general. (more…)
Pet dander allergy is possibly the most common form of allergy to pets, although some people are also allergic to pets urine or ...
Do you suspect that you have a pet allergy? If you do, you may be looking for ways to seek relief or you may be looking for tips o ...
Are you a pet owner who thinks that you may be allergic to your dog? If you are, you may be looking for guidance. After all, there ...
Exposure and allergic sensitization to cockroach was associated with a significantly greater risk of asthma hospitalization and ...
About the most loved pet in the world is a cat. They are great pets and very many households have one or more. The drawback is ...
Her case is like King Solomon against Americans with Disabilities Act. The accident begins when a colleague of her ate Buffalo wings at their office. The wings comprised red pepper and paprika, to which Mrs. Kysela, 24 years old, suffers from a rare and potentially fatal allergy. She almost died five years ago because eating chili, and has since sent her to emergency room in hospital of allergy 5 times. This near death accident caused her learning on how to put allergy injections, 11 times, sometimes only in the vicinity of the respiratory peppers or paprika. (more…)
Allergies are often thought to affect human lives only. Hundreds of people are suffering from allergies due to many unacceptable th ...
Are you a pet owner who thinks that you may be allergic to your dog? If you are, you may be looking for guidance. After all, there ...
When you are getting disturbed by your dog allergies, you know it's about time you have to find the right treatment for your do ...
Pet dander allergy is possibly the most common form of allergy to pets, although some people are also allergic to pets urine or ...
Sensitization to pets remains a risk factor for asthma and rhinitis, and can occur in people who have never lived with a pet. S ...
Pet dander allergy is possibly the most common form of allergy to pets, although some people are also allergic to pets urine or even saliva. In fact, pet dander allergy is by far the most common cause of allergies to pets -not dog or cat hair, as we often think!
Why the Big Fuss?
Well, if you consider that in the US alone, nearly eighty percent of households have at least one pet, pet dander allergy is probably more prevalent than we even realize. (more…)
About the most loved pet in the world is a cat. They are great pets and very many households have one or more. The drawback is ...
Are you a pet owner who thinks that you may be allergic to your dog? If you are, you may be looking for guidance. After all, there ...
Sensitization to pets remains a risk factor for asthma and rhinitis, and can occur in people who have never lived with a pet. S ...
Do you suspect that you have a pet allergy? If you do, you may be looking for ways to seek relief or you may be looking for tips o ...
Pet allergies are allergic reactions that happened to pets more like allergy reactions that people have. But unlike allergies r ...
Allergies are often thought to affect human lives only. Hundreds of people are suffering from allergies due to many unacceptable things by the body such as certain types of food, mold, mildew and as well as the weather. However, the fact that pets also can develop allergies too is often overlooked by their owner and the most common pets are dogs. (more…)
When you are getting disturbed by your dog allergies, you know it's about time you have to find the right treatment for your do ...
Are you a pet owner who thinks that you may be allergic to your dog? If you are, you may be looking for guidance. After all, there ...
Pet dander allergy is possibly the most common form of allergy to pets, although some people are also allergic to pets urine or ...
Do you suspect that you have a pet allergy? If you do, you may be looking for ways to seek relief or you may be looking for tips o ...
Sensitization to pets remains a risk factor for asthma and rhinitis, and can occur in people who have never lived with a pet. S ...
Pet allergies are allergic reactions that happened to pets more like allergy reactions that people have. But unlike allergies reactions in human, pets do not get runny noses or watery eyes. Most of pet allergies symptoms appear only on their skins. That’s why you see when your pets have allergies to something, your dogs or cats have tendency to scratching, licking and chewing part of their skins. Pet allergy symptoms may come along seasonally in some time during spring or summer, but the allergy reactions in your pets can be permanent and need a serious treatment.
Pet allergies symptoms may have demonstrated in frequent scratching or bites themselves. (more…)
Pet dander allergy is possibly the most common form of allergy to pets, although some people are also allergic to pets urine or ...
Allergies are often thought to affect human lives only. Hundreds of people are suffering from allergies due to many unacceptable th ...
Do you suspect that you have a pet allergy? If you do, you may be looking for ways to seek relief or you may be looking for tips o ...
Sensitization to pets remains a risk factor for asthma and rhinitis, and can occur in people who have never lived with a pet. S ...
Are you a pet owner who thinks that you may be allergic to your dog? If you are, you may be looking for guidance. After all, there ...
Do you find yourself feeling miserable, coughing, or sneezing at about the same time each and every year? If you do, it is important to note that you may be suffering from seasonal allergy symptoms. Although it is possible to suffer from seasonal allergies all year round, many individuals find that their symptoms are worst during the spring and fall. (more…)
Do you suspect that you have a pet allergy? If you do, you may be looking for ways to seek relief or you may be looking for tips o ...
Every year millions of people are having to deal with seasonal allergies symptoms. This is an anoying episode in live according ...
Each year, millions of people are susceptible to seasonal allergies symptoms. The pollen of the flowers float in the air that could ...
Are you a pet owner who thinks that you may be allergic to your dog? If you are, you may be looking for guidance. After all, there ...
As a person who suffered form allergies and have a profession as family physician, I have much sympathy for those struggling with i ...