Latex products are so common that anyone can become allergic to latex, says the American Academy of Family Physicians.
However, since the widespread use of latex gloves and products as a barrier to infectious diseases, especially the AIDS virus, there has been a marked increase in reports of severe latex allergy, particularly in health care workers. It is estimated that 2% of all hospital employees have latex allergies. Additionally, latex is used in over 40,000 products according to...
One of the most potent and dangerous types of allergies is the latex allergy. People tend to not just be "a little allergic" to latex. In... Read more »
This month, I'm going in for an arthroscopic knee procedure. I've had a few day surgeries and outpatient procedures and I always bring up... Read more »
Latex allergy is one of the most common occupational allergies. In fact, companies that produce rubber gloves for medical workers had to... Read more »
Latex is a natural rubber from the rubber tree, and can be found in gloves, condoms, balloons, and rubber bands. Most latex reactions cause... Read more »
I don't know about you, but the fall is always one of my worst eye allergy seasons. Weeping eyes, itchy eyes, swollen eyelids, totally... Read more »
Molds... yuck! A fungus -- that's disgusting, right? And what does mold have to do with nasal allergies and asthma? The answer to that question is,... Read more »
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Allergies are abnormal reactions to ordinarily harmless substances. The sensitizing substances, called allergens, may be inhaled, swallowed, or come... Read more »
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What Is It? A food allergy is a reaction by the body's immune system to a protein in a food. The food protein that causes an allergic reaction is... Read more »
German scientists say that taking a grass pollen tablet may alleviate hay fever and asthma in children as well as allergy shots. Researchers studied... Read more »
Cigarette smoke is highly unhealthy, but it may offer improvement of nasal allergies, Dutch researchers say. The smoke can block the mast cell... Read more »
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