Masks May Have Benefit For Those With Seasonal Allergies

 Can Wearing A Mask Reduce My Allergy Symptoms?  by Dani Blum.  The New York Times.  March 31, 2021.  

Seasonal Allegeries: A Model Of Health Impacts Of Climate Change

It's Not Your Imagination.  Allergy Season Gets Worse Every Years by Umair Irfan.  Vox.  April 8, 2019. 

The Value Of Preparing Your Immune System

Your Environment Is Cleaner.  Your Immune System Has Never Been So Unprepared by Matt Richtel.  The New York Times.  March 12, 2019. 

Support For The Hygiene Theory Of Allegery: Thumb-Sucking Seems Associated With Less Allegeries

Thumb-Sucking, Nail-Biting Have A Positive Side:  Kids Less Likely To Develop Allergies.  McMaster University/Science Daily.  July 11, 2016. 

Early Exposure To Peanuts Cuts Risk For Developing Peanut Allergy; Perhaps A Clue To Other Allergies?

Could Peanut Studies Point The Way To A Cur For Other Allergies? by Nic Fleming.  The Guardian.  March 22, 2015. 

Drugs, Especially Antibiotics And Radiocontrast Agents, Cause Most Of The Fatal Allergic Reactions

Drugs Cause Most Fatal Allergic Reactions, Study Finds by Nicholas Bakalar.  The New York Times.  October 6, 2014.

Child Food Allergies Cost US $25 Billion A Year; Over $4 Thousand A child

Food Allergies Cost U.S. $25 Billion A Year by Ryan Jaslow.  CBS News.  September 17, 2013.
(1)  About ______ percent of U.S. kids have food allergies, rates that have been ________ in recent years.

(2)  Nearly __________ percent of food allergic children have a history of severe reactions.

(3)  Anaphylaxis is a _____________________ requiring --___________.

(4)  The most common and severe food allergies is to ___________, an allergy to which children are less likely to _____________.

In A Reversal, Allergist Organization Says Allergenic Food Can Be Introduced Early To Prevent Later Allergies

Food Allergy Advise For Kids:  Don't Delay Peanuts, Eggs by Sumathi Reddy.  The Wall Street Journal.  March 4, 2013.

A real world illustration cited by the article:  Israeli parents often give children snacks with peanuts early, often before they were 6 months old.  Those children have far fewer food allergies than Jewish children in the United Kingdom, who received peanut snacks much later.  The recommendation to not delay introduction of potential allergenic food represents a complete reversal from the 2000 position of  the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology when the organization advocated delay.

Food Allergy Related to Being Bullied

Almost Half of Children with Food Allergy Report Being Bullied.  The Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.  December 26, 2012.   Kids with Health Issues Target for Bullying.  ABC News.  December 26, 2012.

45.4% of children with food allergies reported bullying with 31.5% reported bullying specifically related to food.