Treatment varies with the severity and type of allergy symptom. The
first course of action is to avoid the allergen if possible.
Medications such as antihistamines are then usually prescribed to
relieve the allergic symptoms. Immunotherapy, or "allergy shots",
is occasionally recommended if the allergen cannot be avoided. It
includes regular injections of the allergen, given in increasing
doses that may "de-sensitize" the body to the allergen.
Review Date: 06/29/2010
Reviewed By: Paula J. Busse, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of
Clinical Immunology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.
Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. David Zieve, MD,
MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
