{"id":8608,"date":"2022-06-07T16:53:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T16:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eladiet.com\/?p=8608"},"modified":"2023-05-24T15:43:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T15:43:21","slug":"the-most-common-allergens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eladiet.com\/en\/the-most-common-allergens\/","title":{"rendered":"The most common allergens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you have itchy eyes, constant sneezing, constant sniffling and hives, spring, the main allergy season, is taking its toll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Allergy is an overreaction of the body (the immune system) to a substance it recognises as foreign and harmful, called an allergen, which is not harmful to the majority of the population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is estimated that almost 14 million Spaniards suffer from some type of allergy, which represents about 30% of the population. The Spanish Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (SEAIC) estimates that every year there are 2% more people affected. At this rate, by 2020 there will be more than 20 million people affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>The most common allergens are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Airborne (airborne):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dust mites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pollen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mould<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Animal origin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Food-borne<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cow's milk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Eggs, the allergic reaction is usually caused by the egg whites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fish and shellfish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nuts and dried fruit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wheat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Some fruits such as peach, kiwi and banana<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Some medicines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Acetylsalicylic acid, penicillin, antibiotics, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Insect poisons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bee stings, wasp stings, spider stings, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The most common symptoms of allergy are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Allergic conjunctivitis: <\/strong>Affects the eyes. Symptoms include: tearing, itching, redness, stinging, swelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Allergic rhinitis: <\/strong>Affects the nose. Symptoms that occur: nasal congestion and discharge, itching, sneezing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Urticaria: <\/strong>affects the skin. Symptoms that occur: itching, redness, inflammation or swelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bronchial asthma:<\/strong> Affects the bronchial tubes. Symptoms that occur: coughing, wheezing, fatigue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have itchy eyes, constant sneezing, constant sniffling and hives, spring, the main allergy season, is taking its toll. Allergy is an overreaction of the body (the immune system) to a &lpar;...&rpar;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[370],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defences"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eladiet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eladiet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eladiet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eladiet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eladiet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8608"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.eladiet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8612,"href":"https:\/\/www.eladiet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8608\/revisions\/8612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eladiet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eladiet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eladiet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eladiet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}