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Aetna: Inteli Health: Asthma
Thorough overview of asthma. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
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Aetna: Inteli Health: Food Allergies
Informative overview of the facts associated with food allergies. Provides information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
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Aetna: Inteli Health: Types of Allergies
Insightful article that categorizes and describes the various types of allergies. Also gives information on treatment of symptoms.
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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.
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Aetna: Inteli Health: Contact Dermatitis
Thorough overview of the facts associated with contact dermatitis. Includes information about symptoms, diagnosis, where to get additional info., and much more.
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Aetna: Inteli Health: Hay Fever (Allergic Rhinitis)
Informational overview of hay fever. Includes information on diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and much more.
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Kids Health: Kids With Special Needs
"There are many different people in the world, and each one is special. However, some people may have physical or mental challenges that require extra help or assistance."
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Kids Health: Rashes: The Itchy Truth
Whether it is caused by a certain type of soap or chemical, or a certain plant, rashes aren't any fun. Read more about certain types of rashes, what to expect when you have a rash, and how to avoid getting them.
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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.
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Aetna: Inteli Health: Treatments for Specific Allergies
Briefly describes some of the treatments for the various allergic reactions--anaphylaxis, rhinitis, etc.
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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.
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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.
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Aetna: Inteli Health: How Allergy Safe Is Your Home?
Enlightening article about the types of allergens that exist in different rooms of your house. Gives information on how to eliminate the risks for each room.
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Aetna: Inteli Health: Allergy Medications: Questions for Your Pharmacist
Nice article that gives you some questions to ask your pharmacist to help you find the correct allergy medication. It also gives a little background information on some of the drugs available.
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Aetna: Inteli Health: Egg, Milk, or Wheat Allergies
Essentially a list of foods to avoid for each of the above allergies. An article about preventing reactions.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Do People Have Seasonal Allergies?
Ah, spring. Grass growing, flowers blooming, trees budding. For those with allergies, though, this explosion of new life probably inspires more dread than joy. So what's behind this annual onslaught of mucus? Eleanor Nelsen explains what...
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Ent Associates of Corpus Christi: Allergies & Hay Fever
This site written by doctors informs about allergies and hay fever: discusses definition, severity, causes, treatment, and includes prevention tips about allergies and hay fever.
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Kids Health: Allergies
Learn the causes. examples, and treatments for allergies. For auditory learners, a read-aloud feature is also available.
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Family doctor.org: Allergic Rhinitis
Find out about all types of allergies and allergic reactions. Article includes symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of common allergies. For auditory learners, a read-aloud feature is also available.
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Aetna: Inteli Health: How to Recognize Allergy Symptoms
Brief article describing common allergy symptoms.
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Aetna: Inteli Health: Allergy Shots (Immunotherapy)
Briefly explains how allergy shots work and how they are used in treatment.
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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.
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Food Matters: Home Page
This site from Inside Story covers vast amounts of information about food allergies, food intolerance, diabetes, and other special diets. Contains background information as well as the most current research being done in this field.
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Dealing With Food Allergies in School
This site covers how to deal with children's food allergies in a school: how to learn about the child's food allergy, how to prevent a food allergy reaction, how to make an allergy response plan.