Dog and cat allergies can be treated with a combination of exposure reduction, symptom medicines, asthma care when needed, and allergen immunotherapy for suitable patients. The first step is confirming what you react to—and whether the problem involves your nose, your eyes, your skin, or your breathing. For many families, though, the first question is […]
neffy – The Game Changer in Allergy Treatment For anyone with severe allergies, especially to food or insect stings, the EPIPEN® has been a household name for years. It’s the go-to treatment to stop life-threatening allergic reactions. But here’s the thing – many patients dread using it. The idea of jabbing yourself with a needle […]
Mast Cells: How They Affect Vaccine, Drug and Food Allergies Welcome to The Smartest Doctor in the Room. I’m your host, Dr. Dean Mitchell. Today’s podcast is going to be on mast cells and how they affect vaccines, drugs, food allergies, a lot of things, and possibly this new mast cell activation syndrome. You know, […]
This post may contain affiliate links. Dr. Mitchell speaks with Dr. Kari Nadeau, Stanford’s top food allergy expert, about her new book: The End of Food Allergy, on The Smartest Doctor in the Room podcast. The discussion covers all the bases of preventing, diagnosing and treating food allergy. Today, we are, again, going to discuss an important […]
CONNECT WITH US: [site-icons icon=facebook] [site-icons icon=twitter] [site-icons icon=instagram] [site-icons icon=linkedin] [site-icons icon=youtube] [updated April 2024] Researchers estimate that 32 million Americans have food allergies, including 5.6 million children under age 18. That’s one in 13 children or roughly two in every classroom suffering from a food allergy. And allergies are only becoming more prevalent. […]
Table of Contents What are Allergies? How Do Allergies Happen? Are Allergies More Prevalent Today in Children? How to Know if Your Child Has Allergies What are the Most Common Allergies in Children? How to Help Your Child with Allergies Does Sublingual Allergy Immunotherapy / Allergy Drops Work? Final Thoughts on Children’s Allergies What does […]
If you or anyone you know has a dangerous food allergy to peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish – any type of food, you are going to want to read every word of this blog. Even better, you should go to my podcast, The Smartest Doctor in the Room, and hear my interview with Dr. Mary Morris. […]
On my podcast, The Smartest Doctor in the Room, I had an in-depth conversation with Dr. Peter Green an expert on gluten-related disorders. What you will hear may surprise you: not everyone has to avoid foods containing gluten. What to Avoid if You are Sensitive to Gluten However, if you are sensitive to gluten these […]
While you may think this story is about a military “vet” allergic to pets it’s actually about a veterinary student who is a patient of mine and who is allergic to pets. The Story of the Allergic Vet My patient, the allergic vet, was an honors student in high school and continued her success at […]
This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. [blog updated April 2019] Is Benadryl the Best Option for Treating Allergic Reactions? Dr. Dean Mitchell, Board Certiallergic-reactions-and-benadryl.jpgfied Allergist in NYC, discusses why Benadryl is not the best antihistamine for allergic reactions. For so many years people […]