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Latest Allergy Today now on sale!

Inside this issue (and check out our new style):
  • Is kiwifruit the new peanut? New Zealand scientists look for an answer
  • How healthy is your home? What you need to know when choosing a ventilation system
  • Cold allergy: it's no fiction
  • Dealing with eczema at school
  • Afternoon tea delights: mouth-watering recipes
And much, much more. Buy your copy online now by clicking here!

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Food Allergies for Dummies now available! Everything you needed to know about managing your food allergy, and written by internationally recognised allergy specialist Dr Robert Wood. Click here.

Click here to see our wide range of resources.


Dust mite covers available!

Become an Allergy New Zealand member and save up to $25 off your dust mite covers. 

We have both Miteguard and Airflow products.

Download your order form (here for Miteguard and here for Airflow).

Or email membership@allergy.org.nz to have a pack sent to you with fabric samples.

 

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Raise the awareness of allergies

The aim of Allergy New Zealand is to raise the awareness of allergies, to provide support and represent the interests of people living with allergies, especially children and their families.
Find out more

World-leading researcher to speak at Allergy New Zealand’s AGM

Professor Innes Asher will be the keynote speaker at Allergy New Zealand’s Annual General Meeting on Thursday 14 August.

Professor Asher, from the University of Auckland’s Department of Paediatrics, was recently awarded the Liley Medal for her research into the prevalence of asthma and allergic disease in children worldwide.

Professor Asher’s presentation will be from 7.30pm – 8.30pm, at the Jubilee Hall, 545 Parnell Road, Newmarket, Auckland and is open to the public for a gold coin donation, as well as to members. It will be followed by a light supper, and the Annual General Meeting.

Professor Asher leads the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC), a major worldwide research programme, with key coordination from New Zealand, studying asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and atopic eczema.

Her research has studied almost half a million school children in 56 countries to determine whether the prevalence of asthma, rhinitis and eczema had changed.

In addition to providing new evidence that environmental factors determine prevalence of asthma and allergic disease, the study has produced an effective research model which can monitor public health internationally and engage researchers worldwide.

For more information and to RSVP, contact Allergy New Zealand on 09 623 3912 or email allergy@allergy.org.nz


Metro magazine labels allergy show goers as hypochondriacs

Allergy New Zealand supporter David Squires brought to our attention this in the July issue of Metro magazine (incidentally a magazine that did a fantastic article on food allergies a couple of years ago):

"The Things We Won’t Be Covering

Gluten-Free Food And Allergy Show (ASB Showgrounds, July 5-6). A room full of hypochondriacs? Pass."

David sent them this response:

"So the people attending the Gluten-Free Food and Allergy Show (‘The Things We Won’t Be Covering’, July issue) are a bunch of hypochondriacs, huh?

Well, I’m pretty sure my mother, diagnosed with coeliac disease in her early twenties after suffering sickness for most of her teens, was not imagining her symptoms.

Neither is my three-year-old son, diagnosed with an allergy to nuts, who must carry an EpiPen with him just in case.

And neither was my friend from high school, Grant Freeman, when he died after eating at a restaurant staffed by people who didn’t fully understand his nut allergy.

You see, when people don’t take it seriously, the risks are high. Treating allergy sufferers as ‘hypochondriacs’ is 19th century healthcare, Metro – quite an out-of-date attitude for such a progressive publication!"


New Anaphylaxis/Allergy Action plans

Action_Plan_for_anaphylaxis__general_.jpgThe Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology & Allergy has just launched revised action plans that can be downloaded and printed from the ASCIA website www.allergy.org.au.

The new colour-coded action plans feature a few changes, so when you need a new plan for your emergency kit, school, preschool, workplace or home ask your doctor or specialist to complete the one that applies to you. Of particular note is the addition of an allergic reaction plan for patients who have not been prescribed an EpiPen but should have a plan displayed nonetheless.

The main changes are as follows:

Anaphylaxis Action Plan (personal) to be completed a doctor
  • addition to the list of signs of mild to moderate allergic reaction = tingling mouth
  • instructions for patient positioning in anaphylaxis
  • emergency phone numbers for Australia (000) and NZ (111) on the one plan
  • instructions for administering further doses of EpiPen
  • addition of reminder for patients to be observed in hospital for at least 4 hours

Addition of an Anaphylaxis Action Plan (personal) for Insect Sting to be completed by a doctor
  • as above plus;
  • addition to the list of severe symptoms (anaphylaxis) = abdominal pain/vomiting
Addition of an Allergic Reaction Action Plan (personal) for patients who have not been prescribed an EpiPen to be completed by a doctor
  • instructions to call for ambulance when there are signs of anaphylaxis


Pete_s_Book_1.jpgWhen they made the Mad Butcher, they threw away the mould. He is unique, distinctive, different and indescribable.’ Murray Deaker

WHAT A RIDE, MATE! the life and times of the mad butcher

by Peter Leitch with Phil Gifford



Available NOW from Allergy New Zealand (click here to buy your copy).


The proceeds of What a Ride Mate! go to Allergy New Zealand and the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation.


 
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Are you a health professional?

Initial diagnosis of a potentially life-threatening allergy, in particular, can be an anxious time for patients, and it is through access to accurate information and support that they are able to manage their allergy successfully. This can help reduce anxiety.
See all our relevant information here


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Want to know more about allergies?

Do you have an allergy to food, dust mites, cats, pollen or something else. Then check out our About Allergies pages.

Go here to our About Allergies page


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Are you allergic to dust mites?

Then make sure you mite-proof your bedroom. This is where you spend about a third of your life, and just as you may love snuggling into your bed, so to do dust mites. It's lovely and warm, and there are lots of your skin flakes for them to feast on!

Start by investing in dust mite covers for your mattress, duvet and pillow. Then try and wash your bedding on a hot wash once a week.

For more tips, visit our page on dust mites here.


Interested in becoming a Member?

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Seminars for early childhood education centres

Children with severe allergies enrolled at your Auckland Early Childhood Education Centre?

Allergy New Zealand, in association with the Auckland District Health Board, invites your staff to seminars presented by Dr Jan Sinclair and Dr Virginia Wootton from Starship Allergy and Immunology Clinic, and Sara-Jane Murison, Allergy Educator, Allergy New Zealand.

1 September 2008
10.00 am – 12.00 pm
or
1 December 2008
10.00 am – 12.00 pm

Ferndale House
830 New North Road, Mt Albert

Click here for more information and registration.


Food alert

Cerebos Gregg’s Traditional Shreddo Quality Shortening 275g Tub NOW CONTAINS SOY

Cerebos Gregg’s advises consumers that this product now contains soy due to an ingredient change.

Click here for more information.


Gluten-free food and allergy show

Thank you to the hundreds of people who visited us at the Gluten-free food and allergy show on July 5-6 at Auckland's ASB Showgrounds.

We were really pleased with the success of our Seminar Series and the number of members who popped in to visit us at our stand.

And congratulations to Pam Sotham from Whangaparoa, who is the winner of our super-duper Nilfisk Extreme X-300 valued at $849.


DHB submission

Thank you to everyone who supported our submission to the country's 21 district health boards and the Ministry of Health. We will keep you posted on their responses.

You can read a copy of the submission sent to District Health Boards New Zealand here. You can still send in your emails of support by clicking here.


Help us help you! Donations welcome

Allergy New Zealand relies on its membership and community grants to continue its work. We receive no government funding.

You can help us make the world a safer place for allergy sufferers by making a donation here.

Thank you for your kind support.


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