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Article: Vital: A pain reaction; One in four of us will suffer from an allergy at some point in our lives, experiencing the misery of a reaction to common triggers like dust mites and animals. But in its most dangerous form, an allergy can prove near fatal, as Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan found out. Rachel Roberts reveals the most common allergies, the stars who suffer from them and how to deal with the problems.(Features)
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- Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- September 13, 2005
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Byline: Rachel Roberts
NUT ALLERGY - ALEX KAPRANOS
WHAT IS IT? FOOD allergies are often hereditary and affect about eight per cent of children and two per cent of adults. Nuts, and especially peanuts, can cause the body to have an abnormal reaction as it perceives the food as a threat.
Symptoms appear up to two hours after the person has come into contact with the food to which they are allergic.
In severe cases, a sanaphylaxis, which if not treated in time can prove fatal
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