What is an Allergy?
Dr. Kristy Wolniak, MD, PhD Allergies are quite common and continue to rise in prevalence in the industrialized world. A room full of people in Illinois during the fall months will invariably contain at least a few individuals with the runny nose, sneezing, and itchy eyes indicative of “hay fever� season. Approximately 8% of adults in the U.S. have hay fever, and up to 40% of the world population has IgE sensitization to foreign particles in the environment, according to the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology [1]. But what is an allergy exactly? continued on following pages...
NPHR 2020 | pg. 5
