If anyone knows about food allergy and anaphylaxis it is our good friend Ruth Holroyd, she of the What Allergy? blog and long time judge at both the FreeFrom Food Awards and the FreeFrom Skincare Awards. Ruth says that she has now lost count of how many times she has had …
Ruth at What Allergy?
Ayeee…. Anaphylaxis…..
An article in yesterday's Times quoted figures published by NHS Digital showing that there has been a frightening 40%+ increase in the incidence of anaphylaxis in young children in the last five years – from 601 in 2013/4 to 849 in 2017/8. The figures also show that the incidence …
How to stop scratching tips
A really excellent blog from Ruth at What Allergy? about scratching - or rather - how not to scratch. I don't think that those of us who are lucky enough not to suffer from a condition such as eczema or psoriasis have any concept of how insane-driving the itch can be. The need …
Toolkit for dealing with life threatening allergies
Many readers of this blog will know Ruth of What Allergy? And some of you may also know that she recently had an extremely frightening anaphylactic reaction and is very lucky to have survived. One of the ways that she is dealing with the fall out – and one of the ways that …
Allergy awareness – or the lack of it – in high street takeaways
We had a nice little bit of coverage on last night's ITN 6 o'clock news thanks to a report from the Royal Society of Public Health revealing that : * Over two thirds of all takeaways visited (55 around London) failed to provide legally required information on how customers …