Tag Archives: immunology
Exercising with Allergies and Asthma
Do you avoid exercising because you have allergies or asthma, or both? There are many healthy benefits of exercise, but for people with allergies or asthma, exercise can be hard, discouraging or sometimes even seem unbearable! Allergies and asthma can … Continue reading
Thoughts on frequent infections?
Do you feel like you get a lot of colds or other infections? Sometimes this is within the scope of being normal (for example, if you have a child in daycare or school it’s likely you are exposed to more … Continue reading
Is it possible to develop food allergies later on in life?
This is a common question that people ask, and the answer depends on the person as well as the food. In general, most food allergies start in infancy and childhood. For milk, egg, and peanut allergy, these food allergies are … Continue reading
Peanut Allergy
There has been promising new work on a oral immunotherapy or desensitization to peanuts. In the initial studies patients started with a very low level of peanut protein, in a very controlled fashion. Initial amounts were equal to about 1/1,000 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
