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Topic Reading-Vol.2718-9/20/2019

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2019/09/20 Topic Reading-Vol.2718-9/20/2019

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Why the world is becoming more allergic to food

Are you allergic to a certain food, animal, drug, or substance? Nowadays, there are more people who suffer from allergy symptoms, such as skin redness, hives, swelling, vomiting, diarrhea, and difficulty breathing and anaphylactic shock. Such life-threatening reactions can be caused by particular trigger foods, like milk, eggs, peanuts, sesame, wheat or particular fish and shellfish.

In developed countries especially like the West, the number of children who suffer from allergies is on the rise. As many as seven percent of children in the UK and nine percent of those in Australia are affected by food allergies while only two percent of adults have such a problem.

When the immune system tries to fight generally harmless substances, such as food, pollen, or animal fur, an allergic response could be triggered. It is thought that modern lifestyles, urban environment, and even improved hygiene are the contributors to the immune system’s overreaction.

It seems that humans’ lifestyles are causing problems not only to the environment and other species but also to humans themselves.

Enjoy reading the article and learn what and how serious food allergies are.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46302780

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