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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - food allergy]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[When an allergy can affect your life]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/cd31689b-8cd0-484b-8896-929c29c80252_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x1085y1335.jpg" /></p><p>Fourteen-year-old Fiona Olivé lives with a constant cough and runny nose. It's as if she's always sick. During the cold season, her family is always on high alert to prevent her from getting seriously ill, as any respiratory infection can easily become complicated and develop into pneumonia. The young girl is allergic to various types of dust mites, grasses, and cats, and for a time, there was also a suspicion that she was allergic to eggplants, which was recently ruled out after controlled food exposure at the Sant Pau Hospital's day hospital. However, for the two years she lived with this suspicion, she had to act like a person with allergies. <em>de facto</em> to this vegetable. During this period, explains Karla Islas, her mother, the hardest thing for her was having to constantly be aware of the allergy "and, before eating anything, having to ask or be alert in case it contained eggplant." The young woman "also found it difficult at school," she adds.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Esther Escolán]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 15 Jan 2026 06:01:20 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Fiona Olivé, 14, suffers from food allergies.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Food allergies—the most common allergy in childhood—are an immune system disorder that can not only cause a severe reaction over a long period of time, but also affect children's growth, development, and mental health.]]></subtitle>
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