SciShow Tangents

Allergies

Episode Summary

From itchy and annoying to potentially deadly, allergies seem to make our lives worse for pretty much no discernible reason!

Episode Notes

From itchy and annoying to potentially deadly, allergies seem to make our lives worse for pretty much no discernible reason! 

[Truth or Fail]

Hot Dog Allergy 

https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/hot-dog-allergie

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1994783/

Cat-Pork

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3594363/

Parent Spit

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/05/06/180817114/parents-saliva-on-pacifiers-could-ward-off-babys-allergies

[Fact Off]

Thunderstorm asthma

https://academic.oup.com/qjmed/article/106/3/207/1565254

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cea.12709

https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/thunderstorm-asthma-the-night-a-deadly-storm-took-melbournes-breath-away-20170308-gut8ur.html

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/nov/27/thunderstorm-asthma-oure-talking-an-event-equivalent-to-a-terrorist-attack

Langerhans cells

https://www.popsci.com/allergy-immunotherapy-toothpaste/

https://allovate.com/how-allerdent-works/

[Ask the Science Couch]

Allergies & public horticulture

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/seasonal-allergies-blame-male-trees

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016920461100137X

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-08/asoa-hpc082615.php

[Butt One More Thing]

Milk allergy fecal transplant

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-018-0324-z