ALLERGY: POST SCREENING PROFILE

ALLERGIES OCCUR WHEN YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM REACTS TO A FOREIGN SUBSTANCE LIKE POLLEN, DANDER, FOOD ETC. WHEN YOU HAVE ALLERGIES, YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM MAKES ANTIBODIES THAT IDENTIFY A PARTICULAR ALLERGEN AS HARMFUL. THIS LEADS TO PROBLEMS IN YOUR SKIN, SINUSES, AIRWAYS & DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. SEVERITY OF ALLERGY VARIES FROM PERSON TO PERSON. COMMON ALLERGY TRIGGERS ARE: AIRBORNE ALLERGENS LIKE POLLEN, ANIMAL DANDER, HOUSE DUST, MITES; FOODS LIKE PEANUTS, TREE NUTS, WHEAT, SOY, EGGS, FISH, MILK; INSECT BITE LIKE BEE OR WASP; MEDICINES LIKE PENICILLIN; LATEX OR OTHER SUBSTANCES YOU TOUCH. YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ALLERGIES IF THERE IS A FAMILY HISTORY OR IF YOU SUFFER FROM ASTHMA.