White blood cell plays key role in body's excessive repair response to asthma
... link in the development of the body's response to allergic asthma. They have found that one type of white blood cell, an eosinophil, which was known to cause inflammation of lung airways, is also responsible for driving the process which leads to an excessive 'repair response' by the body. The response, whi...A spoon full of sugar helps inflammation go down
...nhibitors currently available for the treatment of allergic skin reactions such as psoriasis and atopic dermatitis. The authors indicate that while a novel drug may still be some way off in terms of an available treatment, inhibition of selectin ligand activity has the potential for efficacy in both preventat...American Thoracic Society journal news tips for October 2003 (first issue)
...type of white blood cell, which commonly occurs in allergic reactions.) They said that as far as they knew no study had addressed the issue of quantifying airway inflammatory and structural changes in children with mild to moderate asthma and comparing them with appropriate pediatric control subjects. The s...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for October 2003 (second issue)
...r sacs of the lungs (alveoli) that is caused by an allergic reaction to inhaled organic dusts and occasionally, chemicals. After exposure, the lungs become inflamed and white blood cells accumulate in the walls of the alveoli. If a person has developed hypersensitivity to a specific organic dust, a fever, c...Halloween can be dangerous for those wearing illegal costume contact lenses
...cluded bacterial infections, corneal abrasions and allergic reactions. One 14-year-old patient needed a corneal transplant following a serious eye infection that required hospitalization and another patient was left legally blind in one eye. "Many people mistakenly think decorative contact lenses are just lik...Air pollutants alone may cause asthma attacks
...se dust mites to establish airway inflammation and allergic responses in the airways," said Dr. Andre Nel, the...sure to an allergen was downscaled into a weakened allergic response, the aerosolized diesel exhaust particles could induce an asthma-like condition. Researcher...Study reveals dramatic rise in allergic diseases
Dramatic increases in admissions to hospital for allergic diseases have occurred in England over the last de...o 2000-1 to identify trends in admissions for four allergic conditions (anaphylaxis, angio-oedema, food allergy, and urticaria). Over 49,000 admissions occurred...Study to examine if new eczema drug may prevent future development of asthma
...prevent subsequent development of asthma and other allergic diseases. Prevalence of eczema, or atopic dermati...ents will be followed to see if they develop other allergic diseases, such as asthma, allergic rhinitis (hay fever), or allergic conjunctivitis (eye redness). ...Effect of breast feeding on blood pressure may be overestimated
...elopment, potential protection against obesity and allergic disease, and lower blood cholesterol levels in later life, they conclude....Understanding how lymph nodes respond to infection may redefine how immune system functions
...viously associated primarily with the induction of allergic reactions. The Duke researchers report that allergic reactions are only a side effect of mast cells' much more important role as a regulator of the body'...Increasing number of physician assistants handle more than 190 million patient visits in 2003
...NT infections, muskuloskeletal disorders/injuries, allergic disorders, hypertension, and pain management. A full listing of the estimated number of visits to PAs in 2003 by specific disorders is available in the Information Update: Number of Visits to Physician Assistants for Selected Disorders in 2003. All i...PRAECIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC receives FDA approval for Plenaxis
...ing regarding the risk of immediate-onset systemic allergic reactions and the decreased effectiveness of Plena...adverse events, including immediate-onset systemic allergic reactions (anaphylaxis, hypotension (lowering of the blood pressure) and/or syncope (fainting)) to t...Patients and doctors lack knowledge about adrenaline injections
...ces to inject adrenaline after anaphylaxis (severe allergic reactions), finds a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers assessed the knowledge of 60 patients (or their parents) who had been prescribed injectable adrenaline and 50 general practitioners about their understanding of when and how injectable adrena......-jci.org/press/17702.pdf Mast cells to blame for allergic diarrhea While exposure to food allergens is of... abrogated intestinal mastocytosis and blocked the allergic diarrhea. Furthermore, allergic diarrhea was dependent upon synergistic signaling induced by seroto...Mast cells to blame for allergic diarrhea
... abrogated intestinal mastocytosis and blocked the allergic diarrhea. Furthermore, allergic diarrhea was dependent upon synergistic signaling induced by serotonin and platelet-activating facto...Air pollution may significantly worsen respiratory allergies in individuals with genetic risk
...can detoxify these particles and temper the body's allergic inflammatory response. Researchers suspect that th...he spray, researchers measured participants' nasal allergic episodes. They found that participants who lacked the GSTM1 enzyme had a larger allergic response th...Anti-eosinophil therapy shown to be effective in treating hypereosinophilic syndrome
...rease in eosinophils is most commonly caused by an allergic reaction, resulting in the use of steroids to decr...yndromes are relatively rare compared with typical allergic diseases, it is important that appropriate therapy be developed for these often debilitating disease...Ethnicity may affect allergies in children with asthma
...th asthma were up to three times more likely to be allergic to indoor and outdoor allergens than white childre...asthma were two to three times more likely to have allergic reactions to outdoor allergens. "Asthma is a significant public health problem among Puerto Ricans, ...New risk factors for retinal disorder identified
...ne and tobacco use, and untreated hypertension and allergic respiratory disease. Patients should be checked for these conditions, and advised to manage hypertension with anti-hypertensive medication, to cease use of alcohol and tobacco, and to avoid unnecessary or excessive use of antibiotics and antihistamin...Early fevers associated with lower allergy risk later in childhood
...osure to infections might protect children against allergic diseases in later years. "The prevalence of asth...fever during their first year, 50.0 percent showed allergic sensitivity. Of those who had one fever, 46.7 percent became allergy-prone. The children who suffere...