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How Severe is Your Childs Peanut Allergy?

Recently, while registering my soon-to-be preschooler, the administrators asked me a question that I struggled to answer: “how severe is your son’s peanut allergy”? This innocent question that I get all the time from my friends and family brought back memorizes of when I first found out that my son had an allergy. It was 2009 and... Read moreChevron
posted 06/08/2011, comments (0)|
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Living with Asthma

Herbal, Natural and Home Remedies for Allergy

We've visited this topic many times over the years here on HealthCentral, but since there's always a lot of interest in what are viewed as more "natural" treatments, I thought it might be useful for our community if I pulled all the information together here in one post and also updated it with the latest knowledge about alternative or natural... Read moreChevron
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Board Certified Allergist and Asthma Specialist

The Skinny on Common Skin Allergies

Did you know the largest internal organ of the body is the liver? But the overall largest organ of the body is the skin. It’s no wonder the skin is involved with so many aspects of diseases: rash, itching, fever, external bleeding, swelling, pallor (turning pale), and cyanosis (turning blue). Doctors look for signs of hundreds of diseases by... Read moreChevron
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Q & A on Drug Reactions: Was it an Allergic or Non-Allergic Type of Reaction?

I've been asked a multitude of questions about drug allergies over the past 20 years. Most people do not get through life without having a side effect from a prescription drug or over the counter (OTC) medication. Adverse drug reactions occur when a medication causes a symptom or abnormal body function that is unintentional and potentially... Read moreChevron
posted 04/11/2011, comments (0)|
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Living with Asthma

Understanding and Treating Pollen Allergy

  In this post, I will talk about the various types of pollen allergy and how to manage them. Pollen allergy is probably the most common type of nasal allergy, resulting in symptoms such as runny and stuffy nose, sneezing, wheezing (if you have asthma too) and even eye allergy symptoms like itchiness, weeping and burning.   But What IS... Read moreChevron
posted 04/02/2011, comments (0)|

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