BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Peanut Allergy, Lactose Intolerance, Food Allergy

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biopharmaceutical sciences
• Course: BPS 1101
• Professor: William Ogilvie

Document Summary

Allergy is an adverse reaction to harmless material. 2 types of contact from irritants: industrial dermatitis. Other type is do to immune reaction, contact dermatitis. Told not to wash when you have because it spreads. Nickel is a common allergen: common additive as it makes things stronger. Mattresses can contain large amounts of dust mites shit. Allergies to pets: reactions is mainly do to the pet saliva. Allergy is an immune system reacts to the food. You don"t digest the lactose, bacteria digest food instead. Signs of food allergy, you usually get a secondary effect, Peanut allergy is common in north america but is fairly recent. Most of the other world a peanut allergy is very rare. Theories: prep peanuts differently, not eat peanuts until late in life. Peanut free schools common in north america, relatively recent. Allergy to water: aquagenic allergy: mainly for skin, when skin is hit with water.