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Fred Little

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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 more Chevron

posted 09/14/2010, comments (0)|

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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 more Chevron

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 more Chevron

posted 07/19/2010, comments (0)|

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Fred Little

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Allergen of the Month: Latex

Latex is a natural rubber from the rubber tree, and can be found in gloves, condoms, balloons, and rubber bands. Most latex reactions cause a contact dermatitis similar to that found with nickel on exposed areas. Some individuals with latex allergy can have a life-threatening reaction to latex exposure, especially if they are undergoing surgery... Read more Chevron

posted 07/12/2010, comments (0)|

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Agonizing Allergies

Hey everyone, I am new here and just wanted to say hi! I suffer from horrible seasonal allergies and I HATE OTC anti histamines, they don't help, they just mask the pain. I feel as if I'd rather cut my noise off then suffer any longer! If anyone has any remedies or solutions, please let me know! Thanks :)

posted 06/17/2010, comments (6)|

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