Photo by Skoch3 via Wikimedia Commons People with congenital ichthyosis, the group of rare inherited disorders that impair the skin barrier, may face a substantially increased risk of food allergy, allergic rhinitis, and allergic asthma, according to a new study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. The cross-sectional survey by researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago included 115 children and adults with physician-confirmed congenital ichthyo

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