You’ve just come home from the allergist’s office. You have a prescription for an epinephrine auto-injector and a newly diagnosed… Read more »
Food Allergy
Writer Eats Words on Allergies
The humor writer who scoffed at food allergies as “a yuppie invention” has learned the hard way just how real… Read more »
Allergy Breakthrough on Baked Milk and Egg
AVOID, avoid, avoid. That’s how Ann Jeannette Glauber had been treating her 4½-year-old son’s allergies to eggs, milk, peanuts, nuts… Read more »
The Allergens to Watch – Sesame to Lentils and More
From the Allergic Living archives; this popular article was first published in the magazine in 2010 and updated in 2016.… Read more »
Signs and Symptoms of Food Allergy
Do you sometimes feel sick to your stomach not long after eating? Have you noticed a pattern in the types… Read more »
Cashew’s Unexpected Potency as an Allergen
Scientists have discovered that, despite popular belief, peanuts may not be the allergen that causes the most severe allergic reactions.… Read more »
Oral Allergy: Plants, Foods That Cross-React
Cross-reaction chart for oral allergy syndrome.
Research on a Roll
Idea: Test for Anaphylaxis What’s Involved: The theory is that levels of a molecule in the blood called platelet-activating factor… Read more »
An Allergy Mom’s Lament for Sesame
And then, there was no sesame. There was no granola, or hummus, or halvah, or hamburger buns with sesame stuck… Read more »
What Causes Food Allergy?
With so many more people affected by food allergies today than in the past, everyone wants to know: what is… Read more »