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Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Immune System Diseases
This article helps students explain how allergies occur and provides a list of common allergens.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Preventing Allergic Reactions
This site gives information on how to prevent an allergic reaction--anaphylaxis, rhinitis, skin conditions, etc.-- from happening. Also gives information on how to prepare for a reaction.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Food Allergies
Informative overview of the facts associated with food allergies. Provides information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: What Is Allergy?
Extremely insightful article that explains what allergy is. Includes information on types of symptoms, how an allergy occurs, and common misconceptions about allergies.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Dust Mite Allergies
This site tells what dust-mites are and how they cause problems for people with allergies. Majority of article gives tips on how to decrease their impact around the house.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Insect Venom Allergies
Informational article that includes images and descriptions of several insects that often cause allergic reactions as well as information on prevention and treatment.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Food Forensics
This site from Access Excellence provides a mini-unit on immunology for advanced students. Students discover antigen/antibody specificity using common foods. Students relate their findings to immunological responses such as allergies,...
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic: Food Allergies
This site from the MayoClinic.com contains great information on the food allergy. The sections that are covered in the article include: signs and symptoms, causes, risk factors, screening, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
National Institutes of Health
Niehs: Asthma and Allergies and Their Environmental Triggers
Discover what causes allergy and asthma attacks and what you can do to prevent them.
Other
Medinfo: Antihistamines
A description of antihistamines which tells what they're used for, the different forms they come in, and the adverse reactions that can occur from taking them.