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A new guide to dealing with children's allergies has just been published. Childhood Asthma:Your Questions Answered is written by Dr Peter Greally, a consultant paediatrician and expert in allergies and asthma, who himself has asthma. The book offers practical and professional advice and reassuranc...

The UK's National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) produced guidelines for allergy testing in children, what follows are excerpts from their press release : "Children are being placed on restrictive and potentially dangerous diets as parents look to the internet and the high street for alte...

Allergen avoidance is recommended where possible. Measures may include: Check the pollen forecast Met Eireann web site Avoiding activity in the early part of the day when pollen counts are high. Avoid going out after storms or very windy days Wearing nasal filters may reduce rhinitis symptoms ...

There are no signs that the asthma epidemic in children is abating in this country. It has been established in four successive phases of the questionnaire-based International Study of Asthma and Associated Allergic Conditions (ISAAC) study in Ireland (from 1995-2007) that the prevalence of asthm...