Hospital admissions for allergy have tripled over the past twenty years and yet allergy services in the UK are inadequate, and expert advice and treatment is very difficult to access. So it is more important than ever that people affected by allergy do their best to become well informed about their condition and its treatment. This book can help you do this. Allergies: Answers at your fingertips gives you no-nonsense medically accurate answers to 330 questions about all types of skin, food and respiratory allergies. All are real questions asked by people who suffer with these allergies every day. Explains the causes, explores hereditary and multiple allergies, identifies the triggers and shows you how to control your allergies with medication, trigger avoidance techniques and complimentary therapies.