What are the most common allergic diseases?
The most common allergic diseases are allergic rhinitis (hay fever), asthma, allergic dermatitis (eczema), contact dermatitis, food allergy, and urticaria (hives). Allergic disease can be classified by the type of allergen (i.e., food allergy) or by the part of the body that is affected. For example, if allergic symptoms appear in your nose, you are said to have allergic rhinitis. If allergic symptoms appear in your lungs, then you have asthma.
A2. The most common allergic diseases are: • Allergic rhinitis (hay fever) • Allergic asthma • Allergic Conjunctivitis • Urticaria (hives) • Atopic Dermatitis (eczema) • Contact Dermatitis • Food Allergy • Latex Allergy • Insect Sting Allergy • Drug Allergy • Anaphylaxis • Diseases that can be a result of chronic nasal allergies include: • Sinusitis • Otis Media (middle ear infection) Click on each allergic disease above to learn more.
The most common diseases caused by allergy mechanisms are those of hay fever (allergic rhinitis), asthma, eczema (allergic dermatitis), contact dermatitis, food allergy and urticaria (hives). Allergy really has different names depending upon where in your body the reaction is occurring. If an allergic reaction occurs in your nose, eyes and sinuses physicians will call it allergic rhinitis. If the allergic explosion is occurring in the lungs, we call it asthma. All of these allergic diseases are inflammatory in nature. That is to say, there is inflammation characteristic of allergy immune mechanisms occurring in those parts of your body when we give the condition the above scientific names.
