Allergy topics
Food and drink allergies and intolerances
Learn about the allergies to food and drink that you and your family could experience.
Allergy blood tests
Allergy blood tests can be used to determine if you are having an allergic reaction, and what you are allergic to.
Allergy more likely in obese children
Efforts to reduce levels of childhood obesity may have the additional benefit of reducing allergic disease.
Animation: allergic reaction
View our animation to see what happens inside your body when you have an allergic reaction.
Asthma and dairy foods
This special feature explores the asthma and dairy foods debate. Find out if milk is safe for your child with asthma.
Asthma and food
Food or drinks are not common triggers of asthma. A bad reaction to a food may be caused by either a true food allergy or, more commonly, a food intolerance.
Coeliac disease
Coeliac disease is a condition that affects the small bowel, caused by an abnormal immune response to a dietary protein known as gluten.
Coeliac disease: tests
Find out about the tests used to diagnose coeliac disease.
Eczema sufferers should avoid food-based skin products
Woman with eczema who had been using goat milk soap and moisturiser has anaphylactic reaction after eating goat's cheese.
Eosinophilic oesophagitis becoming more common
Eosinophilic oesophagitis is an inflammatory condition that causes a choking sensation in the throat.
Eosinophilic oesophagitis still on the rise
Eosinophilic oesophagitis - inflammation of the oesophagus often caused by food allergy - is increasing in Australia, expert says.
Food allergies found in 10 per cent of babies
An allergy epidemic may be underway, with more than 10 per cent of Australian babies allergic to peanuts, raw egg, sesame, cow's milk or shellfish.
Food allergy
A food allergy is an immune response triggered by eating specific foods that cause certain well known symptoms to develop.
Food Allergy Awareness Week
Food Allergy Awareness Week aims to raise awareness of severe food allergy and anaphylaxis in Australia.
Gluten and gluten-free diet
Find out the importance of a gluten-free diet for people with coeliac disease and discover which foods contain gluten and which do not.
Lactose intolerance
Find out about the symptoms, tests and treatments for lactose intolerance.
Lactose intolerance: dairy-free diet unnecessary
People concerned about lactose intolerance run the risk of poor bone health if they unnecessarily exclude all dairy foods from their diet, experts warn.
Peanut allergy in children
Peanut allergy is the most common serious food allergy in children. About three in every 100 pre-school children are allergic to peanuts.
Peanut allergy: later onset linked to anaphylaxis risk
Children who develop peanut allergy at an older age may have an increased risk of anaphylaxis compared to those with earlier onset.
Allergy blood tests can be used to determine if you are having an allergic reaction, and what you are allergic to.
Allergy more likely in obese children
Efforts to reduce levels of childhood obesity may have the additional benefit of reducing allergic disease.
Animation: allergic reaction
View our animation to see what happens inside your body when you have an allergic reaction.
Asthma and dairy foods
This special feature explores the asthma and dairy foods debate. Find out if milk is safe for your child with asthma.
Asthma and food
Food or drinks are not common triggers of asthma. A bad reaction to a food may be caused by either a true food allergy or, more commonly, a food intolerance.
Coeliac disease
Coeliac disease is a condition that affects the small bowel, caused by an abnormal immune response to a dietary protein known as gluten.
Coeliac disease: tests
Find out about the tests used to diagnose coeliac disease.
Eczema sufferers should avoid food-based skin products
Woman with eczema who had been using goat milk soap and moisturiser has anaphylactic reaction after eating goat's cheese.
Eosinophilic oesophagitis becoming more common
Eosinophilic oesophagitis is an inflammatory condition that causes a choking sensation in the throat.
Eosinophilic oesophagitis still on the rise
Eosinophilic oesophagitis - inflammation of the oesophagus often caused by food allergy - is increasing in Australia, expert says.
Food allergies found in 10 per cent of babies
An allergy epidemic may be underway, with more than 10 per cent of Australian babies allergic to peanuts, raw egg, sesame, cow's milk or shellfish.
Food allergy
A food allergy is an immune response triggered by eating specific foods that cause certain well known symptoms to develop.
Food Allergy Awareness Week
Food Allergy Awareness Week aims to raise awareness of severe food allergy and anaphylaxis in Australia.
Gluten and gluten-free diet
Find out the importance of a gluten-free diet for people with coeliac disease and discover which foods contain gluten and which do not.
Lactose intolerance
Find out about the symptoms, tests and treatments for lactose intolerance.
Lactose intolerance: dairy-free diet unnecessary
People concerned about lactose intolerance run the risk of poor bone health if they unnecessarily exclude all dairy foods from their diet, experts warn.
Peanut allergy in children
Peanut allergy is the most common serious food allergy in children. About three in every 100 pre-school children are allergic to peanuts.
Peanut allergy: later onset linked to anaphylaxis risk
Children who develop peanut allergy at an older age may have an increased risk of anaphylaxis compared to those with earlier onset.
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