GPs should advise patients that no treatment is needed for most insect bites, as most over-the-counter treatment ‘show little efficacy’, say experts.

Researchers have called for a review of UK breastfeeding guidelines after their global study found no evidence that exclusive breastfeeding for four months or longer protects children against eczema.

Experts have called for more GPs to train as specialists in allergy, as new figures showed there were only 12 consultants for the 20 million patients in the UK with allergies.

GPs are being urged to offer skin prick tests and advise parents to avoid unvalidated allergy tests in the first guidance from NICE on diagnosing and assessing food allergies among children.

Paracetamol has been linked with the development of asthma, wheezing and allergies in teenagers by a large international trial.

Dr Mike Wyndham explains how he discovered what was affecting this woman’s mouth

Allergy GPSI Dr Adrian Morris’s hints on managing eczema in children

Allergists Dr Andrew Clark and Dr Shuaib Nasser offer tips on who needs one and advice to give patients

This award-winning photograph shows a patient with contact dermatitis.

GPs Dr Keith Hopcroft and Dr Vincent Forte look at a common presentation and offer guidance on likely causes and red flags

Look at these six cases of contact dermatitis, read the short case histories and guess the allergen.

Allergy GPSI Dr Adrian Morris’s tips on refractory allergic rhinitis