Archive for April 15th, 2008

  • Asthma Mom’s Glossary of Allergy Terms

    Asthma Mom’s Glossary of Allergy Terms

    Well, it is pollen season and my area’s at its peak, so here’s the allergy segment of my Asthma Glossary. Allergen – substance causing an allergic reaction. An allergen is an antigen that, in non-allergic people, doesn’t invoke the immune response. Allergy – excessive immune response to an antigen, or foreign substance, not normally harmful to the [...]

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