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Pollen Allergy in Europe
Author : Prof. Gennaro D'AMATO
Which are the most important allergenic pollens in Europe and where are they encountered? Which pollen allergens can cross-react to cause food allergies? How do pollution and climatic conditions effect your reaction to pollens? Pollen allergy is the most common form of seasonal respiratory allergic disease in Europe. These aspects and much more including valuable tips for avoiding pollens and planning your holiday are covered in this interesting and informative article especially designed for allergy sufferers and their families by Professor Gennaro D’Amato from Italy.
Who's been sleeping in your pillow?
A 17 pages booklet
This booklet, which is understandable for children, is designed to explain allergy and the basic actions that parents can take to improve the quality-of-life of asthmatic and allergic children. A 17-pages booklet, written by S Durham, M Tamanga, S Thistleton-Smith and John Warner, issued in 1998.
Who's been sleeping in your pillow ? (video)
15 minutes - 1998
This video which is understandable for children is designed to explain allergy and the basic actions that parents can take to improve the quality-of-life of asthmatic and allergic children.
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European Allergy White Paper Summary
14-page booklet.
In the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink and the beds we sleep in, microorganisms and organic molecules, acting by various mechanisms, can invade the body and cause a hypersensitive reaction of the immune system called allergy. While this pathology does not enjoy the same fascination as AIDS, cancer or cardiovascular diseases, it is certainly the most pervasive disorders globally. Allergic conditions now pose a major health problem. They respect no national frontiers and are spreading inexorably through the European population. In an appropriate initial response to this Pan-European invasion, The UCB Institute of Allergy has received the help of leading allergologists across the length and breath of Europe and compiled a meta-analysis of the problem according to the European perspective in The European White Paper. The following synopsis sketches the main points of the European white paper. A 14-page booklet edited in 1997.
Allergies: the more you know, the less you suffer - May 2008
Allergies: the more you know, the less you suffer A small 80-page booklet.
New version : May 2008.
This small booklet provides definitions, explanations of different types of allergies, diagnosis, treatments and allergy prevention. Answers with practical advice to improve your everyday quality of life.
Allergic: to be or not to be? That is the question
In this 3-page leaflet you will find a short description of allergic disorders and their symptoms. Try to answer the questionnaire enclosed in. If certain symptoms are familiar to you or if you answered yes to one or more of these questions, it's possible that you have an allergy. Have a word with a doctor about them and he will work with you and make a diagnosis based on the cause of your symptoms.
Published in 2003.
Allergic : to be or not to be ? Rhinitis (video)
Dedicated to the public in general, this video shows different situations of daily living where people suffer symptoms of rhinitis. The comments suggest this symptomatology could be linked to an allergic rhinitis, and that the disease can be easily treated, resulting in an obvious increase of the daily quality of life.
With the collaboration of C Bacher, Ghent; P Van Cauwenberge, Ghent and E Valovirta, EFA - 8 min - 2003.
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Allergic: to be or not to be? Rhinitis
12 pages.
Dedicated to the patient, this leaflet explains the usual confusion between a simple cold and an allergic rhinitis, leading to underdiagnosis and undertreatment of the later condition. It describes how easy a differential diagnosis can be made by the doctor: nothing time-consuming, nor expensive, nor painful. Finally, arguments for a drug treatment are exposed. A 12-page leaflet written in collaboration with C Bachert, Belgium; P Van Cauwenberge, Belgium, and E Valovirta, EFA - 2003.
