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  • Oral food challenge to peanut

    Food allergy is a very common and even popular disease to have.  This results in some predictable patient behavior such as: 1.       I have allergy based on a blood test only, and I tolerate this food all the time.  This may not be allergy at all, but simply a condition called “asymptomatic hypersensitivity”.  Relax, some…

  • 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…

  • 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…