With all of the talk about peanut immunotherapy these days, you'd think that the cure for these life-threatening allergies was right around the corner. While there is no quick fix, immunotherapy in one of the various forms may well be a viable option for treatment of food and environmental allergies.
As my son has acquired more allergies over the years, even with "total avoidance," I've been looking into immunotherapy recently. Although I'm not a physician, I'll share with you my "lay...
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Kids who suffer from allergies and get allergy shots may cut their health care costs by up to one third, researchers say. A 10-year study compared... Read more »
A Swiss study has found that allergy shots given directly into the lymph nodes is a faster, easier, and more effective way of treating grass pollen... Read more »
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If you have allergic asthma, rhinitis, conjunctivitis, or pet dander allergies you may be the perfect candidate for allergy shots. According to the... Read more »
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