18. January 2022 in ECARF News
Gaming against asthma
Gaming inside a digital immune system: The strategy game Inflammania helps people understand the workings of asthma and other inflammatory diseases.
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15. December 2021 in ECARF News
Get started now: hyposensitisation
People with pollen allergies should begin allergen-specific immunotherapy in autumn – even at the end of autumn is not too late. This gives the body time to build up its defences for pollen season.
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3. December 2021 in ECARF News
Climate causes disease, especially in the lungs
Climate change and the temperature changes that go with it are causing health problems, especially in people with respiratory diseases.
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23. November 2021 in ECARF News
Heating season is dust mite season
Once the heating season begins, the symptoms of people with house dust mite allergies become more severe. Drugs can help manage these symptoms – and so does keeping dust in the home to a minimum.
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19. November 2021 in ECARF News
Children and adolescents with allergies can be vaccinated against COVID-19
Allergies and anaphylactic reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine in children and adolescents are extremely rare. From a paediatric allergy point of view, there are no concerns about vaccinating children and adolescents against SARS-CoV-2 according to the recommendations.
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8. November 2021 in ECARF News
Pregnancy: skin care without parabens
When pregnant women use skin creams and lotions containing parabens, their babies are at greater risk of developing atopic dermatitis. Pregnant women should avoid cosmetics with parabens.
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8. September 2021 in ECARF News
Hard water and atopic dermatitis in children
There is an association between hard water and atopic dermatitis in infants. Water softeners are probably not a suitable measure to alleviate atopic dermatitis.
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8. September 2021 in ECARF News
Forest fires can lead to increased itching and atopic dermatitis
Smoke from forest fires damages not only the lungs and respiratory tract, but also the skin. As a result, atopic dermatitis and itching disorders are on the rise.
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31. August 2021 in ECARF News
‘ErdHase’: Determining the allergenic potential of food ingredients
The processing of a food product has an impact on the allergenicity of its ingredients. A sophisticated food analysis will enable allergenicity to be more precisely determined in future. This will allow people to estimate their individual reaction to a
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1. July 2021 in ECARF News
The One Health Concept
Cow’s milk can cause allergies, but raw milk protects against allergies. Why is that? People, animals, plants and the environment usually all come into play when an allergy develops. Allergology is teaming up with many other sciences to investigate these
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1. July 2021 in ECARF News
Carefree swimming, even with atopic dermatitis
People with a visible skin disease may suffer from exclusion and stigmatisation – especially children and adolescents. Modern therapies can relieve symptoms and increase quality of life.
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1. July 2021 in ECARF News
Particulates – more dangerous than previously thought
Particulates can damage the lungs even more than previously thought. Particulate limits may not have been strict enough until now.
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1. July 2021 in ECARF News
Insect venom allergy and mastocytosis – a dangerous combination
People with an insect allergy also have an increased risk of having too many mastocytes in the body. These are cells that cause an allergic reaction. As a result, such people also have an increased risk of developing a severe
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