Tag: Allergy
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Pollens are bad out there, but when to test?
Allergy tests should be used only to confirm a diagnosis that has already been made on the basis of symptoms and medical history, advise 2 leading allergists in an article published in the January issue of Pediatrics. Scott Sicherer, MD, from Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, and Robert Wood, MD, from the Johns…
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Top 10 Allergy & Clinical Immunology Articles of 2011
From Medscape Allergy & Immunology by Marrecca Fiore Introduction Ever wonder what other allergists are reading? After sorting through the long list of articles published on Medscape during the past year, it seems our member audience of allergists and clinical immunologists was most interested in: Food allergies Influenza Itching The top 10 articles list is comprised…
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The Teen Who Can’t Swallow–What To Do?
The Evaluation of a Patient With Suspected EoE Our series is on eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and I’ve covered how you present with this condition and a little bit about what the heck this condition really is! The website reference is http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/754206?src=mp&spon=38 Patients with suspected EoE should be evaluated by both an allergist and a gastroenterologist. A careful history should include…
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On Your Mark….Get Set….
Today marks the start of the National meeting for the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology in Orlando, FL. The Academy website is www.aaaai.org. Over 6,000+ attendees from all over the world to present the most recent advances in allergy and asthma. Yours truly even has an abstract on the correlation between BMI and…
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Air fresheners–Go Organic…Not!
Tomorrow starts the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology national meeting in Orlando. Great fun and food, but more importantly, great new information about allergy. If you watch the news at all, you’re bound to hear about natural products for your health. Organic anyone? Read this blog about a patient who only THOUGHT she had allergy;…
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Are we harming ourselves?
“I’m allergic to everything!” Ah, you’re smiling. Is this really possible to be allergic to multiple drugs? Evidently this is true according to a recent study published in Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 108 (2012) 88–93. Multiple drug intolerance syndrome: prevalence, clinical characteristics, and management byEric Macy, MD and Ngoc J. Ho, PhD. So what is…
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Eczema or Atopic Dermatitis
You or your child has just been diagnosed with eczema or Atopic Dermatitis and this can be overwhelming. Just what is atopic dermatitis and how is it treated? Atopic dermatitis is a condition of the skin that results from a defect in the normal skin barrier. You can see it’s easy for allergens and toxic…
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Asthma Tragedy Overseas
My condolences to the family of the journalist (Anthony Shadid) who died from asthma covering Syria. Several “learning points” for those with asthma: 1. It appears he was exposed to horses and was very allergic to this animal. Unfortunately, allergic asthma can strike at any time, depending on exposure to the allergen. Many children are…
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What is Available for Milk Allergy?
Sublingual and Oral Immunotherapy Shows Promise for Milk Allergy I’ll summarize the most recent advances in treating milk allergy from the article below. Why is our current therapy not enough? Guess what happens when a patient allergic to milk suffers from accidental ingestion? Anaphylaxis! Why not cure the disease–Johns Hopkins is a long way from Oklahoma,…
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News You Can Use on Food Allergy
So how much can we hear about food allergy? As unfortunate as it is to have a severe food allergy, what bothers patients most is lack of reliable information about their condition and the lack of concern about a potentially fatal reaction. Just look on Facebook to find hundreds of stories about the tragedy of food allergy or…
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