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Allergen of the Month: Soaps and Detergents

Certain individuals can have so-called irritant contact dermatitis from soaps, detergents, and cleaning products. These reactions are similar to allergic contact dermatitis but the skin does not have an allergic reaction but rather is directly irritated, leading to loss of normal barrier skin function and painful rash. These reactions can be... Read moreChevron
posted 09/14/2010, comments (0)|
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Prepare Yourself for Ragweed Season

We have, so far, had much more sunny and hot weather than the last few years, but pollens and molds have spoiled the experience for many allergy sufferers. Those with nasal allergy and asthma have often appropriately taken refuge indoors, in air-conditioned environments. In many places it has been so hot, not many have desired to spend a lot of... Read moreChevron
posted 09/01/2010, comments (0)|
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Food Allergy: The Peanut-Free Tables are Turned

“…I realize that the more I understand of other people’s difficulties, the less funny they are.” --Joel SteinMany of you will recall that Joel Stein wrote a piece for the LA Times titled “Nut Allergies-A Yuppie Invention” last year questioning the increases in food allergies and attributing this to parents who... Read moreChevron
posted 08/16/2010, comments (5)|
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Allergen of the Month: Poison Ivy (and less obvious ‘relatives’)

In susceptible individuals, poison ivy causes allergic contact dermatitis. While contact may be apparent and avoidable in many cases, it may not be so when clearing brush at the end of the season, and can cause breathing problems if an allergic person inhales smoke from burning brush with poison ivy. Interestingly, the compound that causes the... Read moreChevron
posted 08/02/2010, comments (0)|
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Self-Care for Allergy Moms

As some of you know, I have had the pleasure of training to become a life coach with Martha Beck over the last five months. After nine years of informally coaching parents and six months of coaching practice as part of my training, this month I officially started coaching parents who volunteered from my website. What an awakening!  There is a... Read moreChevron
posted 07/19/2010, comments (0)|
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