Blood is composed of plasma and cells suspended in plasma. The plasma is largely made up of water in which many chemicals are dissolved. These chemicals include proteins (e.g., albumin), hormones (e.g., thyroid hormone), minerals (e.g., iron), vitamins (e.g., folic acid), and antibodies, including those we develop from our immunizations (e.g., polio virus antibodies). The [...]

What Is an Antihistamine?
Histamine is a chemical released from cells in the body’s allergic (such as mast cells and basophils), usually in response to an allergen such as cat dander or pollen. When histamine is released by the allergy cells in the nose and eyes, the result is sneezing, runny nose, itchy eyes / nose [...]

Non-traditional doctors have used various methods for many years as efforts to diagnose (and in some cases, treat) allergies. May this claim to identify the toxins in the body, or foods that cause a person to become sick or tired. Most of the test is not in science, and the shadow is that insurance companies [...]

The issue of allergies has become routine in our lives, and certainly most everyone has an idea of what is an allergy. Allergies are a common theme, in fact, it seems acceptable to discuss your allergies at a cocktail party with strangers.
An allergy is an abnormal reaction of a person’s immune system against a normally [...]