All Entries in the "Allergy" Category
What is Celiac disease?
Celiac disease is an intolerance disorder of the digestive system to be unable to handle gluten. Gluten is a protein found in grains like wheat barley and rye. A person suffering from celiac disease needs to avoid this protein otherwise he will have allergic reactions that can be quite severe at times. Therefore, products like bread, pasta, cookies, and any other products that contain wheat need to be eliminated from the list of safe foods to be taken by people having this kind of disorders.
Treatment of Graves’ disease
Graves’s disease is an autoimmune disease that reacts to the normal functions of the thyroid gland creating a war in the system by trying to get rid of this important gland and causing what is called hyperthyroidism. Because of this attack, the thyroid gland then reacts by producing greater amounts of thyroxin which then increases the metabolic rate in the system.
Current Health Events related to Asthma
Chronic diseases like asthma can disturb our life a lot especially if we find ourselves having to cope with these diseases in our young age. However, playing sports while you suffer from asthma is not impossible and in fact up to 17 % of athletes in the US have asthma. These figures and much more information can always be found in the current health events related to asthma symptoms and cures.
peanut intolerance and peanut allergies
Peanut allergy is characterized by a hypersensitivity reaction from ingestion of peanuts or dietary substances from peanuts. The hypersensitivity reaction affects only the individuals who has food allergy to peanuts and the problem starts when the body reacts negatively thinking that he ingested a harmful agent.
eggs allergy -eggs allergies symptoms ,diet ,treatment
Egg allergy is a common food allergy characterized by the hypersensitivity reaction brought by ingestion of egg yolk or egg white. Common occurrence of egg allergy may be seen among children, however, in most cases; children outgrow this allergy in time, usually around 5 years of age and may not exhibit symptoms through adulthood. The allergic process arises when an individual have antibodies that reacts either with the proteins found in egg whites and some antigens present on most egg yolks.
