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 [...]

Every morning Mary would wake up with black puffy eyes and red lumpy acne under her skin’s surface. She had trouble fitting into her high heels as her feet and ankles were swollen. She felt tired, cranky, was mentally disorientated and very clumsy. By mid-morning she was looking and feeling better and by mid-afternoon she [...]

The answer lies in the very nature of the addictive process. If we make repeated contact with a substance that disagrees with us we can, in time, get used to it and learn to live with it. So used to it can we get that if we no longer make contact with if we start, [...]

This condition can develop when babies drink allergen-containing breast milk. These babies become very colicky and often pass blood through the bowel and whereas the amount passed is seldom ever a threat to the baby it is an accurate barometer of just how inflamed and painful the lining of the baby’s bowel is. Some authorities [...]

My own allergy story, like most others, began in childhood. I was dogged by skin rashes and a perennially stuffy nose that deteriorated into three to four severe month long head colds every year. I can still vividly remember going to school with various coloured creams on my lace and being teased by the other [...]