This website provides much in-depth, helpful information for the many millions of allergy sufferers in Great Britain, where allergy specialists are very difficult to find.
This website is dedicated to the millions of British allergy sufferers who have great difficulty in obtaining expert advice regarding their problems. One reason is that the subject has been so rarely taught in British medical schools that most doctors know very little about allergies.
Two hundred years ago allergies were very uncommon, but have become more and more prevalent in developed countries, especially in the last fifty years. In 1997 a European White Paper was published, which declared Allergic Diseases to be a Public Health Problem in Europe which is so large that it should be called the First Epidemic of the 21st Century, but Britain took little or no notice. It is undoubtedly true that Allergies of all kinds have increased to the extent that over a quarter of the population in all developed nations is now predisposed to develop allergic problems. This increase in allergies has coincided with global changes, such as the industrial revolution, increased pollution of air and water, and huge changes in the diet and environment with the adoption of western life-styles.