Definition/Types
Symptoms/How they occur
Causes/Risk factors
Prevention strategies/Treatment
Bonus Question (Tiebreaker)
100

What are allergies?

When your immune system mistakes something harmless and begins to overreact/attack it when it enters the body

100

Types of Symptoms

  • Skin rash or hives
  • Itchy skin
  • Sneezing
  • Stuffy or runny nose
  • Cough
  • Wheezing
  • Itchy, watery eyes
  • Vomiting or diarrhea
  • Low blood pressure
  • Swelling of your face, lips, tongue or throat
  • Difficulty breathing or swallowing
100

How do people get the disease or condition? (Suggest 2-3)

Airborne allergens, foods, insects, medicines, and touching objects.


100

Ways to prevent allergies

Doing exposure therapy is a good way of getting used to allergens, however it doesn’t work for everyone. The best way is to stay away from allergens you are allergic to.

200

What are types of allergies? (suggest 2-3)

Seasonal and Environmental Allergies

Food Allergies

Skin Allergies

Insect Sting and Bite Allergies

Drug Allergies

200

how it occurs

When you encounter an allergen for the first time, your immune system overreacts by producing specialized Immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies.

200

What are the risk factors of allergies

Being a child, having asthma or other allergic conditions, and having a family history of asthma or allergies.

200

What are the treatments for allergies.

Take over the counter medication to limit the allergies

Long term therapy 

Staying away from the allergen

300

What is Ariana Grande allergic to? (hint:It is something to eat, something red)

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