More Allergy Facts

Did you know?

• One in three Britons has an allergy.
• A child goes to hospital with asthma every 19 minutes.
• 40,000 children born each year have a nut allergy.
• Hospital admissions for anaphylaxis are five times higher than in 1990.
• Between 1990 and 2003, 49,000 people were admitted to hospital with severe allergic reactions.
• There are 15 million hay fever sufferers in UK.
• There are 20 confirmed cases of Aquagenic Urticaria (severe allergy to water) in the UK.
• There are 100 confirmed cases of Human Seminal Plasma Hypersensitivity (allergy to sperm).
• Eight foods account for 90% of allergic reactions. They are: peanuts, tree nuts (including walnuts, almonds, cashews, pistachios and pecans), fish, shellfish, eggs, milk, wheat and soy.
• An estimated 10% of people in the UK suffer from some degree of Polymorphic Light Eruption (allergy to the sun).