| Allergy - Can Food Allergies Ever be Psychological? |
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The latest Allergy news from News Medical |
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 | | |  Does Allergy Immunotherapy Work? Allergy immunotherapy or immune therapy (AIT) is used to treat many allergic conditions. About 50 million people experience allergies every year in the US alone, of which about 3 million are treated with allergy shots. | |
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| | |  Meat allergy or alpha-gal syndrome is a specific type of allergic reaction that has only recently been identified. In the majority of documented cases in the US, the allergy begins after a bite from a Lone Star tick, which transmits a sugar molecule in the blood called alpha-gal. | | | | |  There is a relationship between gut microbiome and allergy which may allow some children to outgrow their food allergy. | | | | |  According to estimates, 32 million Americans are living with food allergy, 5.6 million of whom are children under the age of 18. | | | | |  Allergies arise when the body's immune system reacts to substances termed allergens. Allergens are foreign substances which triggers an allergic reaction. | | | | |  Pollen grains are released by trees, flowers and other plans with to fertilize other plants of the same species. An allergy to pollen is one of the most allergic reactions is the USA. | |
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