A G LIMPSE OF A LLERGY C AUSES AND P REVENTION T IPS C ANDLE A LLERGY T IPS

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OILS PROVID E CANDLES WITH THE S MELL LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES AND DU NE GRASS . T HEY MAY NOT GIVE YOU ALLERGIES , D R . W EDN ER SAYS . H O WEV ER , THEIR ODOR CAN GIVE YOU I NFLAMED NA SAL CAVITIES . H E ALSO SAYS THAT THERE IS AN AMPLIFIE D SENSI TIVITY FOR PE OPLE HAVING NASAL ALLERGIES . W HEN THEY ARE EXPO SED T O CANDL ES , THEY G ET RUN NY N OSE AN D WAT ERY EY ES .

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S ENSATION OF A PE RSON WITH NOSE SENSITIVIT Y IS

LIKE SMELLING CIGARE T TE SMOKE . C ONSI DER STAYI NG AWAY FROM CANDLES IF YOU KNO W YOU HAVE A N EX T REME SENSITIVIT Y . C ANDL ES HAVING ONLY O N E SCENT AND F EW INGREDI ENTS SHOULD B E CHOSEN B Y P EO PLE W HO ARE SENSITIVE .

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TRIAL AND ERROR METHOD MAY HELP YOU DET ERMINE WHICH PART ICULAR SCENT O R INGR EDI ENT YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO . A PERSON WHO HAS A SEN SITIVE NOS E MAY EXPERI ENCE BAD R EACTI ONS UPO N I NHALI NG SCENT ED

CANDLES . I N THIS CASE , H E IS ADVISED T O INH ALE SOME FRESH AIR TO MAKE HI M FEEL WELL .

V ACCINE A LLERGY O VERVIEW

V ACCINES
CAN SOMETIME S CAUSE TH E BO DY TO HAVE REACTING TO ALLERGIE S . W HAT MAKES I T WORSE I S THIS CONDITIO N CAN L EAD A NAPHYLAXIS . A HYPERSENSI TIVITY REACTION TO A VACCIN E OCCURS IN ONE I N A MILLION . C ONSIDER P OSSIBLE HAZ ARDS AGA INST N ON VACCINATION BEFORE DECIDI NG TO V ACCINATE OR NOT . M UMPS AND MEASLES CAN BE PREVE N TED WI TH PROP ER PRO TECTI ON FROM THE PARENTS . H O WEV ER , KIDS MA Y STILL BE REQUIRED B Y THEIR SC HOOLS TO HAVE SO ME S HOTS OF VACCINES .

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ARE THE ALLERGIC REACTION TR IG GERS IN TH E VACCINE THAT YOU AN D Y OUR CHILDREN CAN GE T ? I T IS BELIEVED THAT THERE ARE TWO PROBABLE ALL ERGENS . ARE THE EGG PRO TEI NS IN FLU AND YEL LOW F EVER VACCINES . S ECO ND IS THE G ELATIN I N MEASLES , MUMPS ,

RUBELLA , J APANESE ENCEPHALITIS , AND VARICELLA VACCINES . T HIMEROSAL CAUSED HYP ERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS IN MANY PE O PLE . H OWEVER , THIS PRESERVATIVE WAS ALREADY EXCLUDED FROM ALL THE VACCINE S THAT HAVE BEEN LICENS ED I N THE U NI TED S TA TES .

F OOD A LLERGY
A LMOST
EVERYO NE CAN G ET AFFECT ED B Y FOOD ALLERGIES OR FOOD INT OLERANCES . S OM E PEOPLE A RE NOT A WARE THAT THEY HAVE ALLER GIES . T H EY ARE J UST LEFT WONDERING WHY THEY A RE EXP ERIENCIN G UNWA NT ED ALLERGIC REACTIONS .

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THIRD OF IN DIVIDU ALS ARE SAYING THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE FOOD A LLERGIES OR THEY JUS T CO NTROL THEIR FAMILY DIET BE CAUSE A MEMB ER OF TH E FAMILY IS BELIEVED T O HAVE ACQ UIRED FOO D ALLERGY . A MONG O THER TYPES OF ALLERGIES , FOOD ALLERGIES HAVE AFFECTED

APPROXIMATELY 5% ON CHILDREN . T HERE ARE 4% OF TEENS AND ADULTS WHO HAVE ACQUIRED FOOD A LLERGIES .

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IS A BIG DIFFER ENC E B ETWEEN FO OD IN TOLERANCE AND FOOD ALLERGY . T H E MISCONCEP TIO N OF THE TWO AFFECTS THE CLINICAL LY PROVEN PREVA LENCE OF FOO D ALLERGY AND THE PERC EPTION OF THE P UBLIC ABOUT THIS PROBLEM . A FOO D ALLERGY IS DEFI N ED A S THE HYPERSENSITIV E REACTIO N OF THE BODY TOWARDS AN ALLERGEN . F OO D I NTOLERANC E AND FOO D ALLERGY MAY HAVE SIMILAR SYMPTOM S . H OWEVER , TH E IMMUNE SYST EM IS ONLY RESPO NSIBLE FOR TH E SYMPTOM S OF ALLERGY TO FOOD . O N E EXAMPLE OF THIS I S MILK ALLERGY AND M ILK INTOLERANCE . T H E DIFFER ENCE IS THAT , MILK ALLERGY CAUSES ADVERSE REACT IO N DU E TO THE RELEA SE OF HISTAMINE BY TH E IMM UNE SYST EM , WHI LE LACTOSE INTOLERANCE IS JUST THE INABILIT Y TO END URE OR DIGES T MILK .

M OLD A LLERGY F ACTS

P OLLEN ,
DUST MITE , AND MOLD ALLERGIES H AVE SIMILAR SYMPTOMS . I T MAY INCLUDE CONG ES TIO N , ITCHY AND WATERY EY ES , SN EEZING , RUNNY ROSE , A ND COUGHING . M OLDS ARE PARASITIC F UNGI THAT CAN B E SEE N U NDER A MICROSCOPE . J UST LIKE P OLLEN , THEY HA VE THE ABILIT Y TO FLOAT IN THE AIR . D URING SUMMER AND FAL L , THE INCIDENCE OF MOLD ALLERGY INCREAS ES . H OWEV ER , IF MOLD THRIVES INSIDE YOUR HOME , SYMP TOMS OF MOLD ALLERGY CAN OCCUR AL L YEAR ROUND .

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FROM INDOOR PLAN TS CAN PROMOT E THE G ROWTH OF MOLDS . T HEREFORE , THEY SHOULD BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM . W ATER L EAKAGES MAY CO NTRIBU TE TO MOLD GROWTH . M AKE SURE TO HAVE TH E M REPAIRED AS SOON A S POSSIBLE . A SIMILARITY OF SYMPTO MS IS OBSERVED WITH POLLEN , DUST MITE , AND MOLD ALLERGY . C OMMON SYMPTOMS INCLUDE SN EEZING , RUNN Y NOS E , AN D CO NGESTIO N .

P OISON I VY A LLERGY G UIDE

U RUSHIOL
CAUSES T HE ITCHINESS BROUG HT ABOUT BY CONTACT WI TH POISON IVY , POISO N OAK , AND POISO N SUMAC . I TCHY RASHES TYPICAL OF AN ALLERGIC REACT ION IS OBSERVED WITH EXPOSU RE TO URUSHIOL . T HIS MAY HAPPEN WITHIN A FEW HOURS , OR DAYS AFTER EX POSU RE . U RUSHIOL MAY BE CON TRACTED FROM EXPOSURE TO CON TAMINATED GARDEN OR CAMPING EQ UIPMEN TS .

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LEAVES , ST EMS , AND ROOTS OF A POI SO N PLANT CONTAIN URUSHIOL . A VERY RAPID SKIN ABSO RPTION OCCURS WITH URUSHIOL CONTACT . I NHALING URUSHIOL PARTICLES IN THE AIR IS PROBABLE DURI NG P OISON PL ANT COMBUSTION . R ESPIRATORY TRACT IRR IT ATION OCCURS UPON BREATHING IN OF SMOKE FROM BURNING P OISO N PLANTS . T H E ALLERGIC REACTION OBSER VED IS PRIMARIL Y DUE T O AIRBORNE URUS HIOL . M OST PART S OF THE US, EXCEPT A LASKA , H AWAII , AND THE S OU T HWEST DESERTS , ARE CONDUCIVE FOR THE GROWT H OF TH E POISON PLAN TS .

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EXIST ENC E OF POIS O N IVY CAN BE CATEGO RIZED IN TO TWO . I T CAN OCCUR AS VINES OR AS SHRUBS . A REAS ON THE NORTH AND WEST TYPIC ALLY HAVE POISO N IVY SHRUBS . I N OTHER PLACES , POISO N IVY GRO WS AS VINES . W HEN IDEN TIFYING A POISON PLANT , REMEMB ER ITS CHARACTERISTIC THREE LEAFLET PAT TER N . P OISO N SUMAC GEN ERALLY OCCURS AS A WOODY SHRUB . T HIS PLANT ALSO HAS STEMS WITH ABOUT 7 TO 13 LEAVES ARRANGED IN PAIRS . A GREEN AN D DROOPI NG C LUST ER OF BERRIES DIFFERENTIAT ES POISO N SUMAC FROM HARMLESS SU MAC . P OISON SUMAC COMMONLY PREFERS LIVING IN WE T AND MUCKY AREAS . B UNDL ES OF RED , UPRIGHT BERRIES USUA LLY GROW ON HARMLESS SUM AC SHRUBS .

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