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Allergy Alert

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Allergies come in all shapes and sizes. Some of us sneeze constantly in the presence of cats, others can’t stomach peanuts. This week we check out a new hayfever treatment, allergy-free peanuts and illegal, allergy-inducing henna.

By Claire WILLIAMS / Lara MELLOUL / Mairead DUNDAS / Marina BERTSCH

Immunotherapy - a promising new treatment. Patients take small doses of the allergen regularly, so as to eventually build up immunity. But can it really work?

Supermarket shopping can be a nightmare for peanut allergy sufferers, but their lives could soon be made easier thanks to the development of an allergy-free peanut.

And finally, we explore the effects of illegal toxic henna – permanent scarring and a lifelong allergy.
 


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