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    Over the last thirty to forty years, the incidence of atopic diseases has increased. Atopic diseases are considered the “classic allergic” diseases like dermatitis, allergic rhinitis (hay fever) and asthma. Atopy is considered the ability to produce IgE (Immunoglobulin E, which is a type of antibody that can be found in small amounts in the body but plays a major role in allergic diseases) in response to common environmental proteins like house dust mites, grass pollen, and food allergens. This increase

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    A great many individuals around the globe are hypersensitive to the five most regular sustenance allergens. These are nuts, tree nuts, dairy, gluten, and soy. Sustenance sensitivities set in when the safe framework erroneously distinguishes protein in the nourishment as a danger to the body. Subsequently, your body discharges certain chemicals to forestall "contamination." These chemicals trigger unfavorably susceptible responses which incorporate queasiness, stomach torment, weariness, looseness

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    Advantages of Allergy Free Bakeries A large number of individuals around the globe are sensitive to the five most regular sustenance allergens. These are nuts, tree nuts, dairy, gluten, and soy. Sustenance sensitivities set in when the resistant framework erroneously recognizes protein in the nourishment as a danger to the body. Thus, your body discharges certain chemicals to avert "disease." These chemicals trigger hypersensitive responses which incorporate sickness, stomach torment, exhaustion

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    The American Academy of Dermatology has published the diagnostic standard for AD. The standard by the Japanese Dermatological Association consider that chronically relapsing course lasting for at least two months as the basis for diagnosing infantile AD (Kawashima et al., 2000). Biomarkers for atopic dermatitis The World Health Organization has defined a biomarker as “any substance, structure, or process that can be measured in the body or its products and influence or predict the incidence of outcome

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    Atopy can be defined as the genetic tendency of an individual to develop allergic diseases such as allergic rhinitis, asthma and atopic dermatitis. It is also known as a hypersensitivity disorder or an exaggerated immune reaction to a foreign antigen. It is associated with a heightened immune response by the body to common allergens which may be inhaled, contact or food allergens (Medicine net, 2016). Atopy also involves the capacity to produce immunoglobulin E (IgE) in response to common environmental

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    (Blumenthal). Blumenthal compares asthma to atopy and the skin test reactivity, the test for allergies by scratching the skin with chemicals of allergens, he speaks of the relatedness threw the similarities that they all share in chromosomal sites in atopy and asthma. It was also recorded in his research that even their phenotypes show similarities in different chromosomal areas. Blumenthal states that the explanation behind this is that both asthma and atopy are phylogenetic, meaning that they both

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    Type 3 Hypersensitivity

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    clonal expansion. Thus resulting in an immune response. The immune response occurs within 48 hours after exposure. Therefore since contact dermatitis is cell mediated and not antibody mediated it is a type IV hypersensitivity. d. Atopy: Type I hypersensitivity. Atopy is caused by allergens which cause the production of IgE to be high to defence against the allergens. The allergens have the ability to stimulate type I hypersensitivity reaction in all of the sensitized individuals when it is inhaled

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    than breast milk became the key variable in the research. After ruling out confounding variable researchers determined that introduction of milk other than breast milk before the age of four months was a significant risk factor for all asthma and atopy related outcomes in children aged six years (Oddy). The article written by Oddy supports the hypothesis by developing a relationship between the organisms consumed through breast milk at a young age. The conclusion of research in Oddy’s article claims

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