Archive for the ‘Allergies’ Category

DRUGS AS ALLERGENS FOR CHILDREN: SERUM SICKNESS

April 23rd, 2009 by admin | Posted in Allergies | No Comments »

An allergic reaction to an injection of horse serum can produce serum sickness. It occurs in 10 percent of children if only 10 cc. of serum are injected, while the incidence rises to 90 percent if 100 cc. are injected. The symptoms are hives, swelling of the joints, and fever. These may appear immediately after [...]

FOOD INTOLERANCE OR PSYCHOSOMATIC ILLNESS?

April 20th, 2009 by admin | Posted in Allergies | No Comments »

It will be clear from Table 1, that many of the symptoms seen in psychosomatic illness are also features of food intolerance. Indeed, ‘opponents’ of food intolerance would maintain that most supposed food intolerance is psychosomatic illness. But doctors specializing in the treatment of food allergy and intolerance would disagree. They see innumerable patients who [...]