allergies

I'm crashed. Don't think it's PEM. I'm wondering if sudden hayfever could have caused this nasty episode. I haven't had hayfever for a decade because of living abroad. Then got hit with a horrible attack a couple of weeks ago. I'm using a steroid nasal spray and Benadryl to control it, but my...

https://www.brighamandwomens.org/about-bwh/newsroom/press-releases-detail?id=3352 New Therapy Targets Gut Bacteria to Prevent and Reverse Food Allergies Study finds altered gut microbiota in infants with food allergy; oral therapy to replenish bacteria prevented food allergy and suppressed...

Hi. Not sure whether to post this under Immunological or Hypersensitivity and Intolerances. I saw an Allergist recently and mentioned that with ME/CFS it may be common to have allergies and sensitivities to foods, odors, and chemicals. (It's on the CDC site. :thumbup:) He asked me why that...

Food allergies are associated with increased disease activity in multiple sclerosis https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/early/2018/12/14/jnnp-2018-319301 Abstract Objective The association between allergy and multiple sclerosis (MS) is still unclear. In our study, we assessed the association between...

Having read this article on Allergies, The scourge of modern living I found it fitted in with my line of thinking about ME/CFS. I hope I don’t lose the excellent value of the article by summarising it as follows; Food allergies are on the increase in the modern world. Why might something as...

On BBC Radio 4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000xn7 May Contain Nuts The Food Programme Following the recent high-profile cases involving food allergy deaths, Bee Wilson investigates whether labelling needs to go further to protect allergy sufferers. Bee asks if the growing number of...

Just upfront, I’m not looking for medical advice, just any experience of side effects to look out for taking Prednisolone Had a strange allergic reaction on Saturday...stupidly was just showing my son the electric sander not realising that it was still full of sawdust...well poof and a got a...

Probiotics are mostly useless and can actually hurt you The take-home message is that probiotics don’t always live up to their harmless reputation, and to be effective, their formula needs to be tailored to the individual.

I’m posting this poll out of curiosity but I’m also hoping for some new tips for myself in the thread. Do you have ear problems? I’ve had ear problems since before I can remember. I had really bad glue ear when I was young. It was bad enough that I stopped speaking because I couldn’t hear and...

I was prescribed this medication in May and it was very effective for my eczema. I had it for more than 10 years and it was away in two weeks with the use of this cream. However, I was told not to use long term as it can cause cancer. I had two flares and used only for a day or two and that...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033318218304183

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/24/magazine/what-the-mystery-of-the-tick-borne-meat-allergy-could-reveal.html?action=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage Not me/cfs but interesting

For as long as I have lived at my home, around fourteen years or so, I have suffered terribly in the summer months with hayfever. This goes beyond sneezes and itchy eyes. But, I also have other reactions in summer months. I can be OK near trees if they’re away from a road. If there’s a road at...