Soy allergy is a type of allergy caused by soy, a product of soybeans, which may result in unpleasant signs and symptoms when exposed to any soy product. Soy allergy is one of the most common food allergies among babies and children. Most children tend to outgrow this allergy by the age of seven, but …
Brian Johns was a worker for Rohm and Haas, owned by the largest chemical company in the United States, when he suffered chemical burns over 65% of his body when Deer Park plant exploded. Mortifying enough, a representative from the company tried to tell the doctors that Johns had simply encountered really hot water which …
Also known as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome or lymph node syndrome, Kawasaki disease is a condition that causes inflammation to the walls of small-and-medium-sized arteries throughout the body including the coronary arteries which supply blood to the heart muscle. Most cases of Kawasaki disease in children are normally treated and they recover without long term …
Hypothermia, comes from the latin words meaning low temperature. It is classed as hypothermia when the core body temperature falls below 35 degrees Celsius or 95 degrees Fahrenheit. It can be a sudden drop in body temperature, eg. when immersed in freezing water, or a gradual decline. Hypothermia should be taken very seriously as it …
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