New answers for skin condition sufferers
Dermatitis
Dermatitis encompasses several skin disorders. Eczema is a type of dermatitis. Any skin inflammation may be considered dermatitis. Substances that irritate the skin, allergic reactions to drugs, detergents, and other chemicals are all culprits. Dermatitis can affect almost any area of the body. Redness, scaling, and thickening of the skin may occur. Pinpointing the cause [...]
ALLERGY SUFFERES TOP 10 HIT LIST
What is an allergy?
In simple terms an allergy is when ones nervous system senses and reacts incorrectly to a substance in its environment and that substance is perceived as a threat. The body then over reacts to the incorrectly perceived substance when in fact the substance should be seen as neutral to the body or [...]
Take The Childrens Allergy Quiz…Does Your Child Have Allergies
1. Question: Allergic reactions in children work the same way they do in adults.
The correct answer is True
An allergic reaction for a child or an adult is the immune system’s attempt to defend the body from a perceived threat that, in reality, is harmless. During this process, a foreign substance called an antigen comes into [...]
Over 12 Million People Suffer from food allergies
Food allergy diagnoses have doubled over the past decade! Over 12 million Americans suffer from food allergies, and most of them are children. In the United States, food allergy is the leading cause of anaphylaxis outside of a hospital setting and causes 150 to 200 deaths per year. Strict avoidance of allergenic food used to be the [...]