Allergies

Nothing to sneeze at.

My son was wasting away in front of my eyes.

The only true comfort I’ve found is in knowing I’m not alone.

The one-year-old was admitted to hospital on Monday.

Knowing the triggers and where they hide is so important.

What causes eczema? What foods should I avoid if I have eczema? Is eczema contagious? Here we ask a dermatologist everything you want to know about the dreaded rash.

I knew eye drops were the devil.

It's time to breathe in and exhale away your woes.

And it affects more than 3 million Australians.

This news is life-changing.

Is our ultra clean modern lifestyle causing allergies?

Australian parents were once told not to give nuts to children under the age of five. Now, introducing them earlier may in fact prevent allergies.

When Kaelan Mann was three, he developed a mysterious stutter that doctors couldn’t explain. After months of elimination diets his desperate mum removed food additives from his diet as a last resort. Just four weeks later, the stutter was gone. Here, his mum Anna describes their quest to save Kaelan’s speech. Kaelan Mann is your […]

Anyone with a skin contact allergy — most commonly to nickel, which is found in jewellery, nail polish and remover, some cleansers and shampoos and countless other products — will tell you how frustrating the condition is, as well as how unsightly. Anti-inflammatory creams can help, but the only sure cure is avoidance, which can […]

Food allergies are an increasing issue and concern for all parents. It’s a problem that’s even on the radar for parents whose children do not have food allergies, because they still need to carefully consider what to pack in their child’s lunch box or what food to offer at parties. A recent review conducted by […]

If you are obsessed with keeping your home or workplace clean and tidy, you may be doing more harm than good when it comes to your health. Excessive cleanliness has led to a soaring rise in allergies such as hay fever, eczema, hives and asthma in developed countries, a new Canadian study has found. The […]

Question: I have an egg allergy. Is it possible to leave eggs out of a recipe or can they be substituted? You should avoid any products that are labeled as containing albumin, dried egg, egg whole, yolk, protein or solids, globulin, livetin, lysozyme, ovalbumin, ovaglobulin, ovomucin, ovomucid, ovovitellin or vitellin and pasteurised, powedered or whole […]

Food allergy and food intolerance – what’s the difference? You hear people all the time say they can’t eat a particular food because they are allergic. However, a true food allergy is not as common as you may think. In fact, the adverse reactions to food that are commonly thought to be an allergic reaction […]

Growing fears about allergies are fuelling schools and kindergartens to ban parents from bringing in birthday cakes and other party treats to celebrate their children’s birthdays. Gone are the days when you could send your child off with a tray of cupcakes to share with their classmates as parents are being told that it is […]