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 ...
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 ...
Allergy skin testing is probably the most susceptible and practical way to monitor for existing allergy sensitivity. Biological extracts of aeroallergens such as trees, dust mites, weeds, cockroaches, molds, and animal danders are offered for allergy testing. The most common and approved way to test is by putting a drop of antigen on the surface area of the patient’s skin and scratching or skin prick test with a lancet or sharp object. The most essential ancillary test to confirm the diagnosis of allergy is the skin test, which is the gold standard in this respect. The skin test final results must be viewed in light of the history to decide the importance of a positive test. (more…)
One of the popular allergy testing besides food allergy testing is skin allergy testing. Allergy patch test is the most commo ...
If allergies are making your life miserable then you need to work with a professional to determine the cause of your symptoms a ...
The diagnostic approach to allergic food reactions comprises three steps. The first step includes the medical allergy history, ...
This study compared the diagnostic value of intradermal tests and patch tests in 20 patients with non-immediate reactions to pe ...
Having a food intolerance test is becoming increasingly popular nowadays. This is because the symptoms of indigestion, stomach ...
There is much controversy as to the role of allergen exposure for the development of atopic sensitization towards this allergen. While in some studies, a clear, almost linear dose-response relation between allergen exposure and sensitization has been found, others described a bell-shaped association with higher levels of exposures relating to lower rates of atopic sensitization. Part of the discrepancy may relate to the type of allergen, since mostly cat but not house dust mite allergy allergen exposure has been shown, in some studies, to exert protective effects at higher levels of exposure. (more…)
Natural history studies with the following design features provide a firm epidemiologic foundation for risk factor assessments and ...
The effects of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) on children have been extensively studied and numerous surveys hav ...
Two factors thought to influence the risk factor asthma are the promoting effect of sensitization to house dust mites and the preve ...
Allergen exposure plays a role in the development of asthma bronchial hyper-responsiveness and in the acute inflammatory response ...
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 safety of immunotherapy has been a constraint on this form of treatment for allergic disease. Although retrospective survey studies of fatal reactions have been undertaken in North American practices, few European studies have been reported concerning fatal and non-fatal reactions to immunotherapy.
Allergy immunotherapy is stimulation of your immune system along with progressively growing dosages of the elements to that a person is allergic. (more…)
Allergen immunotherapy has proven to be effective in the management of allergic disease and is the only treatment that is able ...
Allergic rhinitis is a very common problem associated with poor quality of life, reductions in social and work activities and p ...
It is now almost a century since the pioneering work of Noon and Freeman was used to successfully treat hay fever symptoms usin ...
Allergen-specific immunotherapy aims to correct the underlying immune imbalance associated with specific immunotherapy allergic rhi ...
The increasing prevalence of allergic disease in the Western world has led to the concept of the ‘allergic march’ to describe t ...
Each year, millions of people are susceptible to seasonal allergies symptoms. The pollen of the flowers float in the air that could be much more than a trigger allergies in some people. Pollen can cause allergic reactions that people can not take into consideration. Pollen can trigger an allergic reactions in patients with allergic rhinitis and asthma. (more…)
Every year millions of people are having to deal with seasonal allergies symptoms. This is an anoying episode in live according ...
Allergies can be defined as inappropriate immune system reactions to a foreign substance entering body. Allergies are kind of disea ...
Allergens are the trigger for human body allergic reaction. It is one of human immunological process to react for invader subst ...
Do you find yourself feeling miserable, coughing, or sneezing at about the same time each and every year? If you do, it is impo ...
Allergic reactions is natural body’s response to “foreign substance” or “invader” that potentially harmful to your body. Once ...
About ninety percent of Americans spend most of their time indoors, not knowing that the air inside your home can contain potentially harmful airborne contaminants as well as the air outside the home. These contaminants, more accurately called allergens, can aggravate asthma or allergy symptoms and cause damage to health. (more…)
The Misery Of Allergies As a young boy I was one of the kids who had to stay indoors to avoid the misery that came with snee ...
Do you suffer from allergies and asthma? If yes, then probably you are very sensitive to allergens and particles suspended in the a ...
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 ...
For so many allergy sufferers, spring and summer can be an uncomfortable period of time. With Americans spending nearly 90% of ...
Have you heard it said, "A woman's work is never done?" Your air purifier is never done either. There are six basic reasons why ...
Allergies can be defined as inappropriate immune system reactions to a foreign substance entering body. Allergies are kind of diseases of immune system works to react to certain substances called allergens. Normally when a person is exposed to a harmless substance such as pollen, causes the body natural immune system to respond as if the substance is harmful. Some allergies are inherited from their parents or can be gained in environmental exposure. There are several common allergen exposures like mold, animal dander, pollen, dust mites, and many others. (more…)
Allergens are the trigger for human body allergic reaction. It is one of human immunological process to react for invader subst ...
Each year, millions of people are susceptible to seasonal allergies symptoms. The pollen of the flowers float in the air that could ...
If you have a mold allergy, gluten allergy, or had any other type of allergy, then you need to learn natural allergy treatments ...
The incidence of allergy and asthma is rising. On the other hand, primary care physicians have dealt with allergic conditions f ...
Allergic Reactions For daily life, of course we need our immune system. Without having immune system, we could not survive ...
Avoidance of respiratory irritants such as environmental tobacco smoke, whether actively or passively inhaled, is universally recommended and is considered to be fundamentally important in the successful treatment of asthma and allergic rhinitis. Control of environmental airborne allergens such as house dust mites for prevention of asthma, allergic rhinitis, or atopic dermatitis/What Does Eczema Look Like is also widely recommended, although not supported by all studies. (more…)
First-generation, relatively sedating oral H1 antihistamines such as diphenhydramine and chlorpheniramine have no role in the out-o ...
There is nothing more scary for a new parent than the thought that their child might get sick. But while most parents manage to ...
Children in the early of their life is prone to allergy because their body immune system is not developed completely. As a matter o ...
About ninety percent of Americans spend most of their time indoors, not knowing that the air inside your home can contain potential ...
Do you suffer from allergies and asthma? If yes, then probably you are very sensitive to allergens and particles suspended in the a ...
Specific immunotherapy has been widely used to treat allergic rhinitis symptoms. As with any other form of specific immunotherapy, careful patient selection is crucial. The diagnosis of allergic rhinitis needs to be secure, especially in those with perennial symptoms, and should be based on a careful clinical history supported by documentation of IgE-mediated sensitivity by skin prick test or blood tests. (more…)
About twenty percent of patients who have common allergic rhinitis are also having perennial allergic rhinitis symptoms. This f ...
Allergen-specific immunotherapy aims to correct the underlying immune imbalance associated with specific immunotherapy allergic rhi ...
Allergic rhinitis is a very common problem associated with poor quality of life, reductions in social and work activities and p ...
It is now almost a century since the pioneering work of Noon and Freeman was used to successfully treat hay fever symptoms usin ...
Allergic rhinitis is a high-prevalence disease. This high prevalence translates into a high cost to society in terms of overall ...