allergy

The kisses do not cause an allergic reaction by themselves, but the remains of medicines or food that are transmitted with saliva.

The bad habit of nail biting or thumb sucking could have a beneficial effect on children.

The idea, successfully tested in mice, consists of "disguising" the substance that causes the allergy so that the immune system does not consider it harmful.

Which months of the year tip the balance the most to allergies?

An altered immune system at birth may cause food intolerances in some babies.

"I am the cleanest in the world and there are no mites on my mattress!" some will answer. Well you are wrong, we are inevitably surrounded by them.

Despite being the drug most used in the treatment of allergic diseases, a study by the Massey Cancer Center at Virginia Commonwealth University (USA) has concluded that antihistamines may also have beneficial properties against cancer. The results of the study have been published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology.

Spring is coming and with it pollen and allergies. According to experts gathered at the Congress of the Spanish Society of Clinical Immunology, Allergy and Pediatric Asthma (SEICAP), the excess of hygiene in the Western world, together with pollution and changes in eating habits, is increasing the number of allergic children every year.