Tag Archives: Dr. Mark S. Sugar
Gluten Sensitivity
Gluten sensitivity (GS) is a diagnosis of exclusion made in individuals who claim benefit from a gluten-free diet but do not demonstrate the presence of gliadin (a class of proteins present in wheat and several other cereals within the grass…
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Are you Suffering from a Wheat/Food Allergy
Wheat Allergy (WA) is a rare allergy which typically presents itself as a food allergy. WA involves an immunologic response, production of IgE antibody, to wheat proteins called gliadins alpha, beta , gamma and w protein subunits. Clinical symptoms depend…
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Worst U.S. cities for allergy sufferers
(CNN) — Things aren’t looking good for people with allergies in Tennessee. Not only is the pollen apocalypse on its way, three of the state’s major cities made the Asthma and Allergy Foundation’s annual list of the 10 worst places…
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Asthma is an extremely common problem in the United States.
Asthma is an extremely common problem in the United States. Along with problems like emphysema and bronchitis, more than fifteen million Americans are affected, that’s one in every fifteen people you know. Asthma is probably even more common than is…
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Cough and Asthma
One of the most common symptoms of asthma is cough. In fact chronic cough is something you should definitely have evaluated for the possibility of chronic lung disease. As noted below, asthma is a combination of airway inflammation and airway…
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