00:01My mum and dad, I wasn't aware at all of them suffering from this.
00:05I am the second eldest, and I have, as I said, four other brothers, all flattened, debilitated by this,
00:13to the point that I feel, and I've got children who suffer from it as well, and I feel really
00:18blessed, lucky.
00:19Why has it passed me?
00:21I really do not know. There's a genetic influence and an environmental one.
00:28Presumably you grew up in the same family, which are brothers, so your environment would have been the same.
00:35Anyone delivered by cesarean section in the family?
00:38Yes, I think there was, yes.
00:40Not you.
00:41Not me.
00:41The cesarean section makes it more likely that you get allergies.
00:45Doesn't it?
00:46Well, I've never heard that before.
00:4721% increase in food allergies.
00:50Why do you think that is?
00:53Probably, because when you come out naturally, you pick up the bacteria and viruses from your mother's vagina,
00:59and they colonise you, and they're what you need.
01:02Gosh.
01:02If you come out in the operating theatre, you pick up what's in the operating theatre.
01:08That's very interesting. I haven't heard that before.
01:10Claire, we've heard about Alfie's symptoms.
01:12What about Carl? He's six years old.
01:14Yeah.
01:14When did you first notice it, and how bad do his symptoms get?
01:17Yeah, so really very early on, from a young child, he's had some form of sneezing is a big thing
01:24for him,
01:24and the itchy eyes.
01:26But really, the last three years, I would say, you know, anytime we kind of go to the park,
01:31you know, and very quickly, his eyes will start to swell up.
01:35And that really swells.
01:36Like we'll see in the pictures, they actually cling.
01:39Yes, they do.
01:39So many different effects and side effects.
01:42So, doctor, right.
01:44What can you suggest that actually works?
01:48Particularly for children.
01:49Right.
01:50Simple things, first of all, like avoiding the last problem, not going out when it's...
01:56...perfect rates, if you pay in dollars, it will translate them into pounds,
02:00you'll pay in pounds at near perfect rates on the day that you spend, would be my answer.
02:04Are you sure this company is still up and running and good?
02:07It's a big one that you know about, is it?
02:09Yes, I've been with them four times.
02:13They just go in chaos, you know.
02:18The fact you've been before, I mean, the travel industry,
02:21so are big companies that are struggling at the moment.
02:23So I just make sure you have a think about...
