Author: Swissallergy

Sun allergy

It is commonly known that people get allergies from peanuts, pollen, pets, and more, but there’s one that’s a little less common and that’s the sun allergy. It is also known as sun poisoning and it’s a reaction from the immune system to sunlight often resulting in a red, itchy…
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Allergic Rhinosinusitis

ALLERGIC RHINOSINUSITIS: WHAT IS IT? Allergic rhinosinusitis is an increasingly common disease. The mechanisms that contribute to the inexorable increase in the number of allergic patients are many and varied. An allergic reaction is a dysfunction of our immune system and can make you sick anyone and at any age.…
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Eye Allergies

Eye allergies

Thankfully, most eye allergies are frustrating rather than actually dangerous. Some of the symptoms of having an allergic reaction are when your eyes get red, itchy, irritated, watery, swollen, and sensitive. One of the things that can cause an eye allergy are cosmetics and medications, but there are more common…
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Pollen measurement in Switzerland

14 MEASUREMENT STATIONS MeteoSwiss, the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology operates a nationwide pollen measurement network comprising 14 measurement stations where pollen concentrations in the air are measured. Based on the data and forecasts about the pollen count, sensitive people can limit their exposure and treat their allergy symptoms…
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Pollen

Also known as seasonal allergic rhinitis – inflammation of the nose. Some plants and some trees produce a powder called pollen. People are allergic to different pollens. Tree pollen during the spring, grass pollen during the summer, and weed pollen during the fall. Common symptoms are itchy throat, red itchy…
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Prevention-des-Allergies

Allergy prevention

PREVENTION: WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT? Allergies have increased in frequency in recent decades and are now one of the most common childhood diseases. Some success has been achieved in the treatment of allergic diseases. However, most treatments are only able to prevent the negative consequences of an allergy and…
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Asthma

Asthma is a disease of the airways and lungs. Asthma symptoms are coughing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and wheezing. Symptoms can be worse during the night or with exercise. Asthma can be caused by genetic or environmental factors. Air pollution and allergens are environmental factors. Treatments can help you…
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Dog food and allergy

Nutrition is a multidisciplinary science that is both exciting and complex, and always the subject of debate and controversy among humans and pets. The dog is descended from certain wolf breeds. The most likely hypothesis is that this ancestor of the dog gradually acclimatised to the company of humans by…
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Eczema, Urticaria

Eczema and Urticaria are two different manifestations of a skin allergy, but the main symptom is pruritus (itching). In eczema, there is generally a so-called contact form, caused directly by an allergenic external substance (treated in the chapter on contact allergies) and a more complex form, called eczema or atopic…
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