Allergies & Asthma Information Source

NIOSH/latex alert
Recommendations for preventing allergic reactions to natural rubber latex in the workplace.

It's Your Health - Severe Allergic Reactions
Life-threatening, severe allergic reactions (anaphylaxis) to foods, insect bites and other triggers are on the rise in Canada.

Allergy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An allergy can refer to several kinds of immune reactions including Type I ... Apart from ambient allergens, allergic reactions can be due to medications. ...

All About Allergies
It's the release of these chemicals that causes allergic reactions, affecting a person's eyes, nose, throat, lungs, skin, or gastrointestinal tract as the ...

MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Allergic reactions
Allergic reactions are sensitivities to a specific substance, ... Allergic reactions are common. In fact, the immune response that causes an allergic ...

MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Allergies
An allergy is an exaggerated immune response or reaction to substances that are ... Food allergies and drug allergies are common. Allergic reactions can be ...

Anaphylaxis - Allergies: allergy symptoms, treatment, and ...
Allergy information includes articles on allergies, symptoms, treatment, medications, food allergies, and allergy relief.

AAAAI - Patients & Consumers Center: Tips to Remember: What is an ...
These mediators produce the symptoms of an allergic reaction, such as swelling of tissues, sneezing, wheezing, coughing and other reactions. ...

Allergic Reactions | Anaphylaxis Allergy | EpiPen Auto-Injector
Allergic reactions and anaphylaxis information from Epi-Pen, information guide for professionals providing treatment of Severe Allergic Reactions.

Allergic Reaction
Health information for consumers on first aid for medical emergencies, accidents and injuries, symptoms and treatment of disease and health conditions, ...

BBC - Health - Conditions - Adverse food reactions
Typically, an immediate type of food allergic reaction involves the immune system. Traces of the offending food rapidly lead to symptoms of generalised rash ...

Food Allergies and Reactions
In children, six foods cause almost all food allergy reactions: ... Food allergies can lead to death.A life-threatening reaction caused by allergy is called ...