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Allergies
No fleeing Fido's fur
If you think your child's asthma will be cured if you find Felix and Fido another home, think again.
Steps against allergens
Did you know that pollen levels are at their highest levels between 5 am and 10 am? Here's a practical guide to things you can do to protect you from allergens indoors.
Drug allergies
Allergic reactions to drugs are fairly rare, but almost all drugs can cause a reaction of sorts in a small number of people. Drug reactions ranging from a mild allergic reaction.
Asthma and women
Many women are diagnosed between the ages of 45 and 55 but, unfortunately, few women realise that they are vulnerable.
To manage your asthma
With careful management you can keep your asthma under control. The key is to identify what triggers your attacks and, where possible, to remove them from your life.
What's making you sneeze?
Often it is difficult to distinguish between an allergic reaction and say, the onset of a cold. There are also many different allergens that can cause an allergic reaction.
Main allergy triggers
There are more than 240 allergens, some rare and others very common. Who’d have thought that barley, pigeon feathers, silk, egg yolk, vanilla and lentils could be allergens?
Trouble with my nose?
Your nose has the task of filtering out the unwanted substances and preventing them from entering the lungs.
Allergic to wheat?
Does your nose drip and your stomach growl with cramps? Do you itch all over or suffer from constant nausea? Any one of these unpleasant symptoms, can be caused by a wheat allergy.
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