A previously healthy 9-year-old boy presented to the emergency department for evaluation of swelling of the right eye, which had been present for 24 hours. His parents reported that he had an antecedent history of nighttime cough, frontal headache, and green nasal discharge for the 10 days prior to admission. Three days before admission, he developed a fever of 103.5°F. One day prior to admissi...

Abstract Introduction Early complementary (solid) food introduction (< 6 months) is at times recommended to reduce the risk of allergic disease, specifically allergy. However, little known about solid and disease as they relate sleep problems during infancy. Thus, purpose this study was assess association with early first year life. Methods Mothers 300 infants (0-11.9 mos, M=5.87) comple...

Environmental changes are thought to be the main factor in the rapid increase and worsening of allergic diseases. While there have been significant changes in many environmental factors, including in environments such as residential, health and sanitation, food, and water/soil/atmospheric environments, the root of each of these changes is likely an increase in chemical substances. In fact, vari...