ScienceDaily reports that, while hay fever and eczema rates seem to have stabilized over the past decade, hospital admissions for anaphylaxis (a severe allergic reaction) have risen by 700% since 1990. Hospitalizations due to food allergy have increased 500%. Urticaria (skin allergy) hospitalizations have increased 100%.

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