Allergic Rhinitis
Allergic rhinitis is experienced by people who are allergic to substances, such as pollens of specific seasonal plants, airborne chemicals and dust particles.
It is the inflammation of the nasal membranes, and is characterized by sneezing, nasal congestion, nasal itching, and rhinorrhea. The eyes, ears, sinuses, and throat can also be involved in allergic rhinitis.
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Leading Dietitian Scoops National Recognition, Epsom General Hospital, England
A leading dietitian based at Epsom General Hospital has been crowned ‘Dietitian of the Year’ by a national charity. Kristina Zaremba who has been working in the field for the past 28 years, said she was delighted with the accolade, awarded to her by Coeliac UK. The charity supports people with coeliac disease - a condition that affects one in 100 people across the UK.
Peak Pollen Season Is Now - Australia
Hay fever sufferers and people with asthma; beware - peak pollen season is now until late November, according to the latest asthma alert issued by the National Asthma Council Australia. “There is so much hype at the start of spring about pollen-triggered asthma and allergy that many people don’t realise that the real danger period is actually late spring and sometimes even early summer,” warned Professor John Wilson, National Asthma Council Australia chairman.
Overestimated And Underestimated Food Allergies
Half of all food allergies are not food allergies at all. This is what Cornelia S. Seitz et al., allergologists from Wurzburg University, concluded in a study with 419 patients, as presented in the current edition of Deutsches Arzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2008; 105[42]: 715-23). http://www.aerzteblatt.de/v4/archiv/pdf.