Tag Archives: allergy

Imagine being allergic to something that's quite literally unavoidable. By unavoidable, I mean your body even makes it itself. That's the case for 21-year-old Niah Selway, who's allergic to water. Selway, who has nearly 130,000 subscribers on YouTube, can't sweat, cry, or take a shower without experiencing debilitating pain. The …

Imagine being allergic to something that's quite literally unavoidable. By unavoidable, I mean your body even makes it itself. That's the case for 21-year-old Niah Selway, who's allergic to water. Selway, who has nearly 130,000 subscribers on YouTube, can't sweat, cry, or take a shower without experiencing debilitating pain. The …

Sometimes all you can do when you are faced with an unfortunate situation is laugh. That is exactly what teen Amiyah Evans, of Clinton, Mississippi, is doing after her lips ballooned from an allergic reaction. The 18-year-old documented her severely swollen lips on social media—and her posts are getting a …

Sometimes all you can do when you are faced with an unfortunate situation is laugh. That is exactly what teen Amiyah Evans, of Clinton, Mississippi, is doing after her lips ballooned from an allergic reaction. The 18-year-old documented her severely swollen lips on social media—and her posts are getting a …

Maybe you had a reaction to an omelet, or a tuna fish sandwich, and now you're trying to figure out if it was a sign of a food allergy, or just a food intolerance. A true food allergy—which can develop at any age—is very different from an intolerance. The symptoms …

Maybe you had a reaction to an omelet, or a tuna fish sandwich, and now you're trying to figure out if it was a sign of a food allergy, or just a food intolerance. A true food allergy—which can develop at any age—is very different from an intolerance. The symptoms …

Following the devastating loss of her 11-year-old daughter, Monique Altamirano wants to remind people to carefully read the ingredient list of any food or product before giving it to a child with food allergies. Altamirano's daughter, Denise Saldate, recently died of a severe allergic reaction to something Altamirano never suspected …

Following the devastating loss of her 11-year-old daughter, Monique Altamirano wants to remind people to carefully read the ingredient list of any food or product before giving it to a child with food allergies. Altamirano's daughter, Denise Saldate, recently died of a severe allergic reaction to something Altamirano never suspected …

It’s that time of year again when talk of pollen allergies reaches a fever pitch. That’s because spring is the time of year when you might experience a pollen allergy—otherwise known as an allergic reaction to the fine powder that emerges in flowering plants or trees and gets transported by …

It’s that time of year again when talk of pollen allergies reaches a fever pitch. That’s because spring is the time of year when you might experience a pollen allergy—otherwise known as an allergic reaction to the fine powder that emerges in flowering plants or trees and gets transported by …