| 1/4 cup milk-free margarine 1 garlic clove, minced 1/4 cup oil | 2 cups mushrooms, sliced thin 1/4 teaspoon oregano salt and pepper |
Melt oil and milk-free margarine in frying pan, then add garlic and mushrooms. Fry until tender, stirring often. Add spices.
Sensitize is synonymous with immunize; to administer or expose to an antigen provoking an immune response so that, upon later exposure to that antigen, a more vigorous secondary response will occur. An individual can be immune (for example, protected against the effects of an infectious agent or antigen) and sensitized to the antigen (for example, demonstrate a positive tuberculin reaction) at the same time. See also Immune.
The editors wish to thank the following persons and organizations for their contributions to the present volume: The Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; M. Susan Daglish, Allergy Information Association; American Academy of Allergy and Immunology; Carol Rudoff, American Allergy Association; Annals of Allergy; W. B. Saunders Company; Syracuse University Press; Abbott Laboratories; Fran Gentile; Bobbi Angell; Phil Jones; Hollister-Stier Laboratories. We wish to make a special acknowledgment to the late Dr. Francis Cabot Lowell, who at the time of his death was consulting editor of this volume. Long associated with the allergy unit of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and with Harvard Medical School, Dr. Lowell had begun to bring his lifetime of expertise to this book, as he did to his work generally. He will be missed.
(egg-free, gluten-free, milk-free, wheat-free) 5 cups Puffed Rice cereal 1/2 pound miniature marshmallows 1/3 cup milk-free margarine (or 32 large marshmallows) 1/2 cup peanut butter Heat Puffed Rice cereal in shallow pan for 10 minutes in 350° F oven. Pour into large greased bowl. Melt milk-free margarine, peanut butter, and marshmallows in double boiler. Pour marshmallow mixture over Puffed Rice until mixture is coated. Pack mixture in bottom and on sides of paper cups or greased custard cups, leaving the center hollow. Chill thoroughly. Fill with ice cream when needed. (Peanut butter may be omitted.)
Recipes marked with an asterisk (*) are courtesy of the Allergy Information Association, Weston, Ontario, Canada.
Leukocytosis is a condition characterized by an increased number of white blood cells.
The term vegetable gum encompasses members of twelve different botanical families. An allergy to one gum, therefore, does not necessarily mean that the person is allergic to all gums. He or she must find out which specific gum causes the allergic reaction. Because vegetable gums are inexpensive, they are used extensively in commercial foods as fillers and binders. They also retard melting in frozen foods. Different gums have different properties, and each is used for its own individuality in different types of products. Inhalation of dried flakes of vegetable gum can cause respiratory symptoms in a gum-sensitive person (for example, while combing hair after using setting lotion containing gum) . Eating the gum can cause any type of allergic reaction. Cheseborough-Pond’s, a major cosmetic manufacturer, advises that when natural gums are used, a preservative, germicide, or fungicide must be added to the product to prevent deterioration of the gum. For this reason, synthetic gums are replacing natural gums in order to achieve longer shelf life for cosmetics. Some manufacturers of surgical tape use acrylic resin adhesive, and others use synthetic rubber and resin mixture. 
An antibiotic is a substance produced by certain bacteria or by chemical synthesis that, even in small amounts, can kill other bacteria.
The term allergy (derived from antigen, a substance capable of giving rise to the production of antibody) was coined by Baron Clemens von Pirquet in 1906 to indicate a state of changed reaction to a foreign substance (which von Pirquet called an allergen). Allergens, von Pirquet said, differ from antigens, in that they can lead not to the production of antibody but to a condition of hypersensitivity. In his view, the term immunity should be restricted to those processes in which the introduction of a foreign substance into an individual does not cause a reaction that can be detected with medical tests; in such cases, individuals would be in a state of complete insensitivity. On that basis, it is apparent that, to understand and control allergic diseases, we must understand the immune system. In this century we have seen a remarkable expansion of our knowledge of the immune system, knowledge that has been used to gain insight into the relationship of the immune system to allergic diseases. Further advances in the ability to diagnose and treat allergic diseases depends largely on the application of this knowledge to the treatment of allergic people. Author’s Note Because the field of immunology is so broad, this chapter could only highlight a few of its salient features. For a comprehensive treatment of the field of immunology, the interested reader is referred to : Samter, Immunological Diseases, 2nd ed. (Boston: Little, Brown, 1971); Middleton et al., Allergy Principles and Practice (Saint Louis: C. V. Mosby, 1978); and Fudenberg et al., Basic and Clinical Immunology (Los Altos, Cal.: Lange Medical Publications, 1980).
Arachidonic acid is a fatty acid that may be broken down in the body to produce substances that are very important in the production of asthma. Among these are the cyclooxy-genase products (certain prostaglandins and thromboxane), some of which can induce important bronchial spasms or asthma in several species, including man and others, such as PGE2, which can actually open the breathing tubes and may help in the future treatment of asthma. Other arachidonic acid products —called SRS-A leukotrienes and referred to as LTC4, LTD4, and LTE4—induce powerful bronchial spasms or asthmatic responses, particularly in the very small breathing tubes. Overall, it is thought that leukotriene components of SRS-A play a very important role in atopic asthma. Still other lipooxygenase products of arachidonic acid are important, in that they act as powerful attractants for certain white blood cells in the skin and other tissues. Asbestosis Asbestosis is a chronic inflammation of the lungs caused by inhaled asbestos fibers.
Some scientists specialize in research on the inheritance of allergy characteristics. They study people, examining traits and how these people pass the traits on to their children. They study such characteristics as the presence of asthma and allergic rhinitis, or eczema, trying to establish the frequency with which these diseases appear in succeeding generations.