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Vaccines and allergy
Drugs given by injection, such as vaccines, can trigger anaphylactic reactions in a small number of people. These include vaccines used for the prevention and treatment of infectious disease (such as the influenza vaccine), or ...
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Vegetable oils
Oils commonly used in the UK are derived from rapeseed, sunflower seed, soya, maize, palm, coconut and palm kernel. Oils can also be derived from peanuts, sesame and tree nuts (such as walnut).
When oils go ...
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VITAL (Voluntary Incidental Trace Allergen Labelling)
The VITAL system – a standardised allergen risk assessment tool for food producers – was established by the Allergen Bureau in Australia and New Zealand in 2007.
VITAL allows food producers to assess the impact of ...
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Vitamin D and allergy
A growing body of research is suggesting that Vitamin D deficiency may have a role to play in the development of allergy.
Research in Australia has shown that childhood food allergies are more common in the ...
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Walnuts
General allergy information
There are two categories of walnut allergy.
The first is potentially severe, where common symptoms include breathing difficulties.
The second relates to tree pollen allergy, the usual cause of hay fever that starts before May, ...
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Wheat Allergy – the facts
What is wheat allergy?
Allergy occurs when the body’s immune system reacts to something that is usually harmless because it mistakenly registers that substance as a threat. In wheat-allergic people, the immune system treats ...
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Yeast
Although yeast allergy would appear to be rare in the UK, it is well documented in the medical literature as a genuine allergen. Those affected would need to avoid most bakery products, alcoholic drinks, yeast-derived ...
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