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4 unusual facts about allergy


Ana Marie Cox

In 2009 on an Amtrak train from New York to Washington Cox had a severe allergic reaction after eating a lentil salad.

MMRV vaccine

Rare but serious adverse events reported following ProQuad vaccination include allergic reactions, including swelling of the lips, tongue, or face; difficulty breathing or closing of the throat; hives; paleness; weakness; dizziness; a fast heart beat; deafness; long-term seizures, coma, or lowered consciousness; permanent brain damage; seizures (jerking or staring) caused by fever; or temporary low platelet count.

Polyvinylpyrrolidone

Allergies attributed to these other chemicals may possibly be caused by the PVP instead.

Xu Da

In legend, an illness made Xu allergic to goose and the Hongwu Emperor sent him goose to eat, ensuring that Xu ate it and died.


Andrew D. Luster

Andrew D. Luster, MD, PhD, is the Persis, Cyrus and Marlow B. Harrison Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and the Chief of the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Andrzej Szczeklik

Szczeklik is a member of numerous scientific societies, such as the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in the Vatican and Royal College of Physicians in London, UK (honorary member), American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, European Academy of Allergy Clinical Immunology, European Respiratory Society, International Society of Thrombosis Haemostasis, Polish Academy of Sciences.

British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Almost 800 members are working for the society in various medical fields as allergy, immunology, Pediatrics, ENT, dermatology and

British Society for Immunology

The fields in which they work are wide and extensive, from HIV/AIDS to allergy, diabetes, malaria, tuberculosis, animal health, arthritis, transplantation, vaccination and infectious disease.

Claudia S. Miller

Claudia S. Miller, M.D., M.S., an allergist and immunologist, is an author, instructor, and scientist noted for research in chemical intolerance, and development of tools for its diagnosis.

Cold urticaria

Allergy medications containing antihistamines such as Benadryl, Zyrtec, Claritin, Periactin and Allegra may be taken orally to prevent and relieve some of the hives (depending on the severity of the allergy).

ECARF Quality Seal

The Baltic Sea resort community of Baabe on the island of Rügen and Bad Hindelang in the Allgäu region currently carry the ECARF Quality Seal as “allergy-friendly” communities.

Hysterosalpingography

Complications of the procedure include infection, allergic reactions to the materials used, intravasation of the material, and, if oil-based material is used, embolisation.

Insect sting allergy

Mosquito allergy may result in a collection of symptoms called Skeeter Syndrome that occur after a bite.

John Ilhan

During his lifetime, the Charity's that the Ilhan Food Allergy Foundation was able to contribute towards include: the Richmond Football Club, Kids Under Cover, The Alfred Hospital Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, and Murdoch Children's Research Institute Allergy and Immune Disorders Research Group Department of Allergy and Immunology.

Jon R. Cavaiani

Though initially classified 4F, due in part to a severe allergy to bee stings, Cavaiani joined the Army from Fresno, California, shortly before becoming a naturalized citizen in 1968.

Latex allergy

Products made from guayule natural rubber emulsions also do not contain the proteins from the Hevea rubber tree, and do not cause allergy in persons sensitized to Hevea proteins.

Malcolm Reed

Reed is allergic to dust mites, oak pollen, tropical grasses, and various plant enzymes, including bromelin, which, ironically, is found in pineapple, his favorite food.

Melacacidin

Melacacidin is a compound that can provoke contact allergy to Australian blackwood Acacia melanoxylon.

Michael Tsegaye

There, he received his diploma in painting in 2002, but soon gave up painting after he developed a severe allergy to oil paint.

Monster Allergy

The comic book series of Monster Allergy was published on October 13, 2003, and is therefore third of these series, which includes Atlantis: The Lost Empire and W.I.T.C.H. It is published by Buena Vista Comics.

Osama Yassin

He is a member of the World Allergy Organization and a founding member of the Egyptian Pediatric Allergy and Immunity Group.

Provocation

Provocation test, a way of medical testing for conditions such as an allergy by provoking the immune system's response

Thomas Platts-Mills

Thomas Alexander Evelyn Platts-Mills, FRS (born 1941, Colchester) son of Labour MP and barrister John Platts-Mills, is a British allergy researcher and director of the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.

Tuberculin

Clemens von Pirquet, an Austrian physician, discovered that patients who had previously received injections of horse serum or smallpox vaccine had quicker, more severe reactions to a second injection, and he coined the word allergy to describe this hypersensitivity reaction.


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