News and features related to allergies

1. Hayfever downgrades children's exam hopes
   

   15th May 2012 - Thousands of children face a struggle to make the grade in their exams this summer because of the debilitating effect of hayfever. An estimated 38% of young people have hayfever - also known as seasonal allergic rhinitis. The national charity Allergy UK says its survey of parents of

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2. Is fruit and veg making your hayfever worse?
   

   23rd April 2012 - You'd think your 5-a-day of fruit and veg would help your body fight hayfever, but for a growing number of people the opposite is true. The condition is called oral allergy syndrome, which Allergy UK says was rare 15 years ago but is becoming increasingly common. The charity is rel

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3. Hay fever season arrives early again
   

   3rd April 2012 - Warm weather in early spring has ensured an unseasonably early start to the hay fever season. It means that people who are allergic to pollen may have to endure an extra two weeks or so of symptoms, including sneezing and a runny nose. Strictly speaking, this is not the beginning of

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4. The best diet for allergies and hayfever
   

   Imagine your GP giving you this prescription for your nasal allergies or hayfever: “Eat some grapes and call me in the morning.” Well, it’s not that far-fetched. Just as the right type of petrol helps your car run properly, the right diet for allergies is important to help you feel your best. A heal

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5. The best diet for allergies and hayfever
   

   Imagine your GP giving you this prescription for your nasal allergies or hayfever: “Eat some grapes and call me in the morning.” Well, it’s not that far-fetched. Just as the right type of petrol helps your car run properly, the right diet for allergies is important to help you feel your best. A heal

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6. Intolerance to food intolerance?
   

   24th January 2012 - A food allergy or intolerance can be life threatening, yet new research has found 24% of adults in the UK dismiss sufferers as fussy eaters or people who use it as an excuse not to eat something. For this year's Food Allergy & Intolerance Awareness Week, Allergy UK is also trying

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7. Reassurance on vaccines and allergy
   

   Very occasionally, we hear about people having severe, sudden allergic reactions to medicines or vaccines. These reactions are called anaphylaxis, or anaphylactic shock, and happen when the immune system overreacts to a usually harmless substance, causing swelling, breathing difficulties, and heart

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8. Positive allergy tests don’t always mean an allergy
   

   Allergy is when the body’s immune system overreacts to a particular substance, producing symptoms such as itching, a skin rash, runny nose or sneezing, or red itchy eyes. Less commonly, it can cause a severe reaction called anaphylaxis, which causes dangerous problems with breathing and the heart. S

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9. Hayfever worse in spring than summer
   

   21st December 2011 - You check the pollen count, take your allergy medicine, and yet hayfever symptoms can be worse in spring than summer. Researchers in the Netherlands are trying to find out why. Hayfever is also known as seasonal allergic rhinitis. The NHS says it affects one in five of us. Aller

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10. New anaphylactic shock guidelines
    

    14th December 2011 - New NHS guidelines have been issued on treating anaphylactic shock - also known as anaphylactic episodes. These attacks are a severe allergic response or systemic hypersensitivity reaction with life threatening airway, breathing and/or circulation problems. Common causes of anap

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