Category Allergy
What to Pack in a Camping First Aid Kit
Your Camping First Aid Checklist Are you looking forward to some time out this holiday season? If you’re heading off camping, or even if you’re off on a roadtrip – it’s worth the small amount of time it takes to…
Top 10 Tips for Hay Fever Relief
Surviving this Hay Fever Season Spring is here & with it comes a collective groan – because it’s the start of ‘Hay Fever season’! Across Australia, almost 3 million people suffer from Hay Fever, the common name for ‘allergic rhinitis’.…
Children & Severe Food Allergies: A Parent’s Survival Guide
An Open (Heartfelt) Letter From One Food Allergy Parent to Another Dear New Allergy Parent, Has your child just been diagnosed with a peanut allergy? Or another severe allergy to dairy, eggs, soy, nuts or another food? I bet you’re…
Allergies: your whirlwind tour
In Australia, over half a million people have a diagnosed food allergy. We have one of the highest rates of food allergies with an astounding 1 in 10 babies born developing food allergies. The medical research into this area is promising,…
Inside the mind of an Allergy Mum : Part 2
Parties, shared lunches: All most children want is to be included, and a child with allergies is no different. I was desperate for my son to not be excluded from things due to his allergies. Luckily, this problem hasn’t arisen,…
Inside the mind of an Allergy Mum. Part 1
Let’s be honest Most days of the week the inside of a Mother’s head is a scary place to be! The inside of an Allergy Mum’s head is no less scary, but it tends to have a constant theme running…