Seattle Health Blog

Climate change increases the risk of allergies. New allergens: nickel, latex, DMF and Anisakis. What to do when the cause is not detected.

Allergy is a hypersensitivity reaction of the body at the onset of a particular substance is called the allergen. The best known are food allergies, to pollen, an insect bite or existing dust mites, but there are also more unusual cases such as allergy to light, wood or cold.

Changes in technology and habits in society cause an allergen little present it becomes massive in a short time, as has happened in the case of latex.

Allergies and Global Warming

In the XXI World Allergy Congress held last year in Buenos Aires is a whole section devoted to the problem of global warming.

Increased carbon dioxide into the environment makes the plants and trees flourish faster, and produce up to five times more pollen. This has increased cases of rhinitis, ocular allergies and other ailments.
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