Do You Suffer From These Allergic Reactions?
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p>In recent years, dermatologists have begun to see an increasing number of contact dermatitis patients who are allergic to their cell phones — or more specifically the nickel in their cell phones.
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p>b>Chairs, Flutes and Other Items With Nickel<
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p>The unexpected allergic reactions to nickel don’t stop at cell phones. The number of allergy patients testing positive for a nickel reaction is on the rise in the United States. Many clinicians have attributed the increase, especially in men, to a growing number of ear and other piercings.
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p>b>Black Henna Tattoos<
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p>For thousands of years, people in North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia have decorated their bodies with henna, but in recent decades, adulterations in the dye used for these temporary tattoos have resulted in painful allergic reactions.
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p>b>Allergic to Dad?<
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p>40 percent of food allergy reactions come not from eating a food trigger but from touching or inhaling it. Such was the case with one young girl who developed hives after she hugged and kissed her father when he returned home from work. She was allergic to the nut-derived oil in her father’s shaving cream.
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p>b>Chocolate<
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p>Most reactions to chocolate either are not true allergic reactions or they come as a result of exposure to nuts or milk in the chocolate chunks. But some people truly are allergic to chocolate.
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p>b>Exercise<
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p>A rare condition called exercise-induced anaphylaxis can result in an allergic reaction during exercise, and it can be severe enough to kill the exerciser.
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p>b>Hot and Cold<
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p>About one in five people will develop hives at some point in their lives, but a much smaller number will get physical urticarias (urticaria is another word for hives) when they contact or experience some very ordinary things. If you put an ice cube on somebody that has cold urticaria, they get a welt right where the ice cube was. Urticarias can also sometimes be set off by heat, sunlight, vibration, or pressure.
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p>b>Hairy Caterpillars<
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p>The pine processionary caterpillar and its cousin, the oak processionary caterpillar, look harmless enough, but the hairs that cover their bodies contain a toxin that can cause a serious allergic reaction. Add to that the fact that those hairs can sail right off the caterpillar like dandelion seeds, and you have an airborne allergen not unlike pollen.
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p>b>Asian Ladybugs<
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p>In recent years, researchers have pegged these beetles as a source of allergic symptoms including hay fever, coughing, wheezing and watery eyes. Asian ladybugs, formally known as multicolored Asian lady beetles, were introduced to the U.S. as early as 1916 to control the aphid population, but the beetles don’t like the cold, so they regularly swarm into houses when the temperature drops.
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p>b>Cancer Drugs<
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p>Sometimes, a drug sparks an allergic reaction that can kill. In the case of cetuximab, also known as Erbitux, an intravenous drug given to people with colon cancer as well as head and neck cancer, there was an unusually high rate of allergic reactions. It may be caused by an antibody developed in response to a seed tick bite./p>img src=”
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