How To Treat Allergies
When is it safe to give an infant or a young child peanut butter?
Unfortunately, the prevalence of allergic diseases (such as food allergy, asthma, eczema, hay fever) appears to be increasing. In particular, it seems that the number of people diagnosed with food allergy is increasing. About 6 percent of young children have food allergies, along with nearly 4 percent of adults. Whether this increase in incidence is due to a better understanding of the disease, better methods to make a diagnosis or a true increase in the number of people with food allergy is...
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Expert & Community Posts
Allergy Testing Can Help Identify Your Allergic Triggers
By Kathleen MacNaughton , Health Expert...outside in the late summer and start having those allergy symptoms? Is it the ragweed that's in... Read more »
Food Allergy, Intolerance and Acid Reflux
By Jennifer Rackley , Health Expert...well to treatment it may be time to consider if an allergy or intolerance could be playing a... Read more »
The Time is Now for Food Allergy Awareness
By Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America , Health Expert...Newsweek featured an article entitled "Kids and the Food Allergy Threat" accompanied by the... Read more »
Living Life With Allergies and Without Limits
By Dr. Paula J. Busse , Health ExpertMay is Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month. Over 35 million Americans suffer from seasonal... Read more »
Top 10 Allergies and Asthma Stories Of 2008
By Sloane Miller , Health Expert...January 2008 prompted angry responses around the food allergy blogosphere. We interviewed... Read more »
Health Guide
Choosing an Allergy Doctor for Asthma Treatment
...asthma and allergies. They become board certified when they pass an examination in the specialty area of allergy and immunology. Because allergists tend to see more allergic and asthmatic people... Read more »Hay Fever (Allergic Rhinitis): Allergy Symptoms
After Labor Day, many people begin to have an increase in their allergy symptoms such as sneezing, runny nose, itchy red eyes and sometimes worsening of their asthma. The cause of this is usually... Read more »Preparing Asthmatic and Allergic Children for Summer Camp
...and a half of the youngsters at any given summer camp require daily prescription medications, with allergy drugs and asthma drugs topping the list. Camps have responded, with many even catering to... Read more »Food Allergies and Eating Out
...Worry-Free Dinners: Eating Out With Food Allergies Gina Clowes is the founder of the online support group AllergyMoms.com, serving thousands of families and professional members worldwide. She... Read more »Food Allergies: A Case of Mistaken Identity
A food allergy occurs when the body mistakes a food item for a harmful substance, and the immune system creates antibodies to protect itself. Once this mistaken identity occurs, every time a person... Read more »Images
Medications
...an antihistamine that provides relief of seasonal allergy symptoms and allergic nasal conditions... Read more »
...antihistamine that provides relief of seasonal and year-round allergy symptoms such as runny... Read more »
...also used to treat allergic rhinitis, also known as allergies or hay fever. Montelukast works by... Read more »
...recommended for your age. Tell your doctor if your allergy symptoms do not improve after 3 days... Read more »
...not take this medication for several days before allergy testing since test results may be... Read more »
Related News
Eliminating Milk Allergies Does a Body Good
August 28, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? In a study at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center, children who were severely allergic to milk were given increasingly higher... Read summary »
No More Allergies!
August 25, 2006MADISON, Wis. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Fall is coming, and so is ragweed season. It runs from mid-August through November, and this fall millions... Read summary »
FDA approves Xyzal for younger children
August 25, 2009The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the once-daily allergy medication Xyzal for young children. The medication is approved to treat... Read summary »
FDA approves Zyrtec-D for over-the-counter use
October 03, 2008The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the allergy medication Zyrtec-D for non-prescription use in allergy patients over age 12. The med... Read summary »
Lymph node shots better for grass pollen allergy
November 17, 2008A Swiss study has found that allergy shots given directly into the lymph nodes is a faster, easier, and more effective way of treating grass pollen... Read summary »
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