An allergen is an agent that can cause an allergic reaction. In some populations, the immune system recognizes allergens as foreign or dangerous. Thus, the immune system reacts by making a type of antibody IgE to defend against allergen and lead to allergy symptoms. Domestic animals are one of the commonest allergen worldwide that children are sensitized. Commonest allergic agents include: 1- Animal proteins and animal dander, 2- Insect bites and stings (their venom), 3- Insect and mite feces, 4- Insecticides, pesticides and repellents, 5- Crustacean shellfish (e.g., crab, lobster, shrimp), 6- Pollen, 7- Drugs (such as antibiotics or medicines oral, injected, inhalation or on skin), 8- Foods (such as egg, peanut, milk, nuts, soy, fish, animal meat, and wheat), 9- Fungal spores, 10- Dust (especially house dust mites, & 11- Natural rubber latex.
MORSY, T., SHARAF, S., & EL- SHAHAT, S. (2021). ALLERGENS, PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS, AVOIDANCE AND TREATMENT. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 51(3), 647-660. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2021.210456
MLA
TOSSON A. MORSY; SAFIA GLAL SHARAF; SUZAN ATTIA EL- SHAHAT. "ALLERGENS, PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS, AVOIDANCE AND TREATMENT", Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 51, 3, 2021, 647-660. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2021.210456
HARVARD
MORSY, T., SHARAF, S., EL- SHAHAT, S. (2021). 'ALLERGENS, PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS, AVOIDANCE AND TREATMENT', Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 51(3), pp. 647-660. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2021.210456
VANCOUVER
MORSY, T., SHARAF, S., EL- SHAHAT, S. ALLERGENS, PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS, AVOIDANCE AND TREATMENT. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2021; 51(3): 647-660. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2021.210456
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