Stress and allergic diseases

ND Dave, L Xiang, KE Rehm… - … and Allergy Clinics, 2011 - immunology.theclinics.com
Allergic diseases such as asthma, allergic rhinitis (AR), food allergies, and insect sting
allergies have been described since early recorded history. A clinical condition with
asthmalike symptoms was described 3500 years ago in an Egyptian manuscript dubbed the
Ebers Papyrus. 1 In 1906, Austrian pediatrician Clemens von Pirquet first used the word
allergy to describe the strange, non–disease-related symptoms that some diphtheria
patients developed when treated with horse serum antitoxins. 2 Subsequently the field of …