The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) have today published guidelines on diagnosing food allergy in children in a primary care and community setting. These are the first allergy related guidelines to be delivered and they aim to give information to health professionals in primary care on how to suspect and diagnose food allergy and when to refer on to … [Read more...]
Boy cured of allergy to dogs with immunotherapy
Danny Pearce, an eleven year old boy from Tredegar, South Wales, has been allergic to dogs all his life. His allergy was so severe it was life threatening and he could swell up and fall unconsious if he touched them. Terrifying and also heart breaking for a little boy who longed to have a puppy of his own. Well, his dreams have come true, he does have a new dog now, and after … [Read more...]