Allergy Awareness

Allergy Awareness

Allergy AwarenessVirginia Richardson
Published on: 05/05/2025

What Allergy?    Allergy is the most common chronic disease in Europe (EAACI, 2016). Your immune system controls how your body defends itself. If you are allergic to a food, for example peanuts, your immune system recognises peanuts as an invader, or allergen and over-reacts.

Allergies