Spring allergies on the rise in children

Once you get sick less, thanks to their young antibodies capable of destroying any aggression, while we adults went from a cold, allergies to seasonal influenza. But in the last 10 years have seen an increase in allergies among infants, certainly due to the extreme conditions of clean air and water around us. Today’s... 

Food intolerance: careful tests and unnecessary diets

Lactose intolerance, gluten, chocolate, tomatoes, lard …. They look like thousands and all are regularly diagnosed, creating fear and distorting the lives of sufferers. But beware! In fact more than half of these eating problems are of passenger and resolved quickly. There are only two really serious intolerance... 

Celiac Disease: Danger lurks even in cosmetics

Celiac disease (from the greek Koil, that is cavities) is a disease that leads to intolerance to gluten, the protein found in a variety of foods essential for a healthy diet: wheat, barley, rye, barley and even in small part oats. Come strongly to the fore in the last 30 years, due to increased intolerances and allergies... 

Raw foods can cause allergies

They are also called “summer allergies”, is not typical because the summer only, but in the summer because it is easier to find these foods and maybe not always in perfect hygienic conditions. Beware of raw, if you want to avoid discomfort on vacation! At first, the fish. The hundreds of country fairs, so dear... 

How to act against asthma

“Chronic disease of the bronchi in which the airways are narrowed as a result of the simultaneous presence of bronchospasm and secretions of inflammatory infiltrate in the bronchial lumen”. Federasma Here’s how (association present since 1994) officially defines asthma. For who is living with this problem... 

Cortisone. How to avoid side effects

It a wonder drug that cures many ills, from simple itching mosquito, to irritation redness for up to the worst forms of allergy or psoriasis. Powerful and high demand, cortisone is still well known and studied for hard to avoid getting into serious trouble because of it. In nature, cortisone is a hormone released into the... 

Milk allergy? The solution is condensed

An allergy to milk and its derivatives is a cross that many of the new millennium should bring. Not only adults, all of a sudden, excruciating pain develops in the stomach, rash or intestinal blockage caused by these new forms of allergy, especially kids. They are the children that are born allergic to milk, today and not... 

The ice cream in the diet of the smallest

It seems obvious that in the summer, children can indeed have to … .. eat as much ice cream. And the holiday season, the absence of rules of good things to taste and the ice cream is a symbol of all that. It should however be certain and never go beyond the limits, especially when it comes to the children. The ice... 

How to deal with summer allergies

Allergies do not give truce even in summer. Even in summer, have disorders related to particular plants, for food products typical of the period. They range from the classic allergy to insect stings, living most of the day outdoors, even allergy to increase significantly up fishing bait! Very common are allergies related... 

Allergies, in 2020, 25% of Italians will suffer

Weather with high numbers and percentages for allergies in beautiful country. Allergies are increasing worldwide, but the figures speak for themselves on Italy: in 2020 about 25% of Italians will suffer, a percentage higher than 5% than today. He spoke Massimo Triggiani, president and professor of Siaic of Allergy and Clinical...