Health - Body Story - Allergy(DVD English)

BODY STORY - ALLERGY - Have you ever wondered what happens to your body in a crisis a car accident, for example, or an acute allergic reaction? Would you like to know why the cabbage-soup diet doesn?t work, or why eating a chicken can lead to an experience not unlike an alien invasion? How do we get through adolescence, when it sometimes seems as if our bodies are rioting and our brains have given up altogether? The award-winning series Body Story reveals the biological drama behind six critical moments in human lives. Graphics and drama combine to reveal more of the hidden workings of the human body. In this week?s Body Story we discover how our bodies turn against us to give us allergies and even threaten our lives. A simple wasp sting triggers cells throughout Phoebe?s skin to make her fatally allergic to wasps. When she?s stung again, on a Florida beach holiday, Phoebe?s body mounts one of its most primitive and powerful chemical defences, one that could kill her in minutes. As she goes into anaphylactic shock, she starts to swell up, her airways shut down and her heart falters. Her only hope is urgent hospital treatment if she can get her there in time