I recently attended an online webinar entitled "When plants and allergies collide", organised by the Anaphylaxis Campaign with Dr Isabel Skypala of the Royal Bromsgrove Hospital presenting. To say it was an eye opener would be an understatement. I know all about allergies and I thought I knew quite a bit about Oral Allergy Syndrome (OAS) but I'd never even heard of Lipid … [Read more...]
Why are the UK public self diagnosing allergies?
And in doing so, many may be cutting out major food groups with potentially no good reason to do so. This is nothing new, with the waiting lists for an appointment with allergy specialists people naturally turn to other sources of information. This recent report makes for worrying reading... Why are the UK public avoiding their GP? Over half of the UK say that … [Read more...]
Our story – allergy and anaphylaxis – the first diagnosis – by Karen and Ian Connell
This is Ian and Karen's story, about how they discovered their little three year old daughter was allergic to nuts and getting that first anaphylaxis diagnosis... Ian tells the story about how something so simple as feeding the birds started the allergic reactions. Just feeding the birds In March 2014 my little girl JoJo and I were out in the garden feeding the birds, as … [Read more...]
28 questions to help you get an allergy referral
I recently found out about these guidance questions that you or your child might like to ask your healthcare professional in the NICE guidelines. They may or may not help and there are probably loads more questions one could ask, but they're a start. The first 12 in the list are from the NICE guidelines. The rest are mine because I'm just nosy and always have a million … [Read more...]