The following diet is typical of the kind sometimes recommended if you get confusing results from single-food testing, or if you are suspected of multiple food sensitivity. Often called a low-allergen diet, it is helpful in identifying both food allergy and intolerance. It excludes all foods that commonly cause sensitivity, plus all manufactured and processed [...]

The sublingual challenge test can be used for testing for food allergy or intolerance, or for chemical sensitivity. In each, a dilute solution of extract of a suspect substance is placed under the tongue and symptoms are monitored for 10 minutes. Testing is usually done blind so that the patient does not know what is [...]

Finally, trouble with clothing can result from reactions to fastenings, trimmings, linings and elastic. Mostly the problem is obvious, through a contact reaction with a metal fastening or with lace trim, or an elastic strap or waistband, for instance. Look out, however, for garment linings, which are often synthetics or viscose. The thread used to [...]

If you have multiple allergies, you may already have discovered them through trial and error. If you have already tried a variety of different kinds of bedding, the best advice is do not throw anything away – it may come in useful one day. Many people with multiple allergies find that they tolerate one material [...]

Fragrances, oils, resins and terpenes that occur naturally in plants and trees cause problems in two ways – firstly when touched, inhaled or eaten in their natural state, and secondly when, once extracted, they are used as material or ingredients in manufactured products. In the Natural State You can be affected by inhaling the volatile [...]