I feel like I am finally coming down from a massive Allergy Show high, so it's time to collect my thoughts and share my top twenty . It was going to be a top ten but I had too many. It might end up being a top twenty because this year, the show rocked. It was huge, It was busier than ever but the wider aisles made it never seem like the crush of previous years. Speaking … [Read more...]
The European Anaphylaxis Task Force – working for you!
Before going to EAACI in June I had never even heard of the European Anaphylaxis Task Force but it does indeed exist and its aim is to establish a patient driven stakeholder platform across Europe. Frans Timmermans is the President and CEO of this task force and is based in The Netherlands. I attended a seminar the day before which Frans chaired which brought together all … [Read more...]
FreeFrom Skincare Awards 2014 – the winners!
One of my top Allergy Show highlights was the third annual FreeFrom SkinCare Awards ceremony which took place hidden away in a room in the back corner of the exhibition hall in the Love Natural Love Organic show, which was taking place on the same day in the same hall. Why was this one of my highlights? Well I am very proud to be one of the FreeFrom SkinCare Award judges, … [Read more...]
7,800 allergy experts at EAACI 2014 – event review
If you read my recent blogs about travelling to Copenhagen you may have noticed that I was attending the European Academy for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) congress as a journalist. It was almost like being famous, I got access to this lovely quiet air-conditioned room with desks, internet access, charging points, iced water and sofas for interviewing. I was a bit … [Read more...]
30 tips to help you stop scratching eczema
Scratching is a horrible vicious cycle you cannot get out of when eczema gets bad. Here are some things that I've found have helped me to stop scratching, although stopping altogether is not always a realistic aim. If you are itchy, don't beat yourself up that you scratch. It's OK to scratch. Sometimes the itch is so bad you cannot avoid it, but there are some things that … [Read more...]