Archive for the ‘Allergy Testing’ Category
Skin Testing for Aeroallergens
Position Paper: Practical guide to skin prick tests in allergy to aeroallergens I was alerted to this article by my partner Dr. Vitalpur. It comes from Allergy (European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology) 2011 . The purpose of the article was to provide ‘pocket guidelines’ from a consensus report regarding the use of allergy skin [...]
November 30, 2011
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Tags: Allergic Rhinitis, Allergy Skin Testing, Article Review, Skin Testing Guidelines · Posted in: Allergies, Allergy in Children, Allergy Testing, Article Review, Asthma, Environment, Interesting articles, Nasal Allergy
Oral Food Allergy Challenges
This is a very interesting article on food allergy. It involves the use of diagnostics used to declare ‘food allergy’ and how this declaration of a food allergy can be verified by doing a food challenge. This work was performed at National Jewish Hospital in Denver, Colorado. The reference for this is – Oral Food [...]
October 4, 2011
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Tags: Article Review, Food Allergies, Food Allergy Testing · Posted in: Allergies, Allergy in Children, Allergy Testing, Food Allergies
Using the Phadia Microarray for Peanut Allergy-Wishing it was readily available.
Yesterday (March 28, 2010), I saw a young lady of 4 years in our allergy clinic at the Riley Outpatient Center for concerns about peanut allergy. She had one of those infrequently seen presentations, at least infrequent in my pediatric peanut population. Her symptoms were most consistent with the oral allergy syndrome. The symptoms were [...]
March 29, 2011
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Tags: Food Allergies, Peanut Allergy, Phadia · Posted in: Allergy Testing, Food Allergies, Peanut Allergy, Phadia Allergy Tests
What to do about all those positive food allergy test results- The New Food Allergy Guidelines-2010
Undoing some of what has already been done? Our Indianapolis Star posted a story from Shari Roan. Ms Roan is reporter for the Los Angeles Times. The title of the article in the Star was ‘You may be allergic to a food . . . or not’ . The original article by Ms. Roan had [...]
December 10, 2010
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Tags: Food Allergies, Food Allergy Guidelines, Food Allergy Testing · Posted in: Allergies, Allergy Testing, Egg Allergy, Food Allergies, Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy
A Practical Approach to Food Allergy
This lecture was given at our Pediatric Pulmonary Update: Today’s Challenges – November 3, 2010 at the Ritz Charles, Carmel, Indiana. Our Section of Pediatric Pulmonology, Critical Care, and Allergy at Riley Hospital for Children offers this CME program every two years. This year’s topics came from requests from primary care physicians. The title was [...]
November 13, 2010
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Tags: Food Allergies, Practical Approach to Food Allergy · Posted in: Allergy Testing, Food Allergies, Lectures
Child Care Conference Lecture-Food Allergy Testing
On May 19th, 2010 I participated in the Child Care Conference. This has been a Riley tradition for many years. My colleague in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Dr. Sandeep Gupta put this idea together on ‘Puzzling, Perplexing, Problematic Allergies in Children. He wanted pediatric allergy, dermatology, and gastroenterology to present together issues common to each specialty that [...]
May 24, 2010
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Tags: Food Allergies, Food Allergy Testing · Posted in: Allergy Testing, Food Allergies
Critically Reviewing the Literature on Food Allergy
Diagnosing and Managing Common Food Allergies: A systematic review. This week I am presenting at a seminar at the Riley Child Care Conference. The seminar was the idea of Dr. Sandeep Gupta (pediatric gastroenterology). The title is “Puzzling, Perplexing, Problematic Allergies in Children”. The third lecturer is Dr. Jeff Travers (dermatology). I have the task [...]
May 16, 2010
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Tags: Food Allergy, Food Allergy Epidemiology, Food Allergy Testing · Posted in: Allergy Testing, Food Allergies
Peanut Allergy Misdiagnosed in 2 out of 3 Cases ?
 Attacking Peanut Allergy  Peanut Allergy Misdiagnosed in 2 out of 3 Cases  This title from Medical News Today April 13, 2010 caught my attention. It has always been a mystery as to why peanut allergy has increased dramatically over the years. This publication may shed some light on that mystery.   There are [...]
April 25, 2010
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Tags: Food Allergy, Food Allergy Support Group, Food Allergy Testing, peanut, Peanut Allergy · Posted in: Allergies, Allergy Testing, Food Allergies, Peanut Allergy, Phadia Allergy Tests
Almost Famous!
Is Your Kid Truly Allergic? Tests Add to Food Confusion Last week I was interviewed by a reporter from the Wall Street Journal. The topic was food allergy. The reporter came across this website and thought that I be a good resource for her article. We had a delightful talk that went on for 45 [...]
January 26, 2010
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Tags: Food Allergies, Food Allergy, Food Allergy Epidemiology, Food Allergy Testing · Posted in: Allergy Testing, Food Allergies, Phadia Allergy Tests
Food Allergy among Children in the United States – Article Review
Food Allergy among Children in the United States Authors: Amy Branum and Susan Lukacs Reference: Pediatrics Volume 124 (6) December 2009 This title caught my eye. The impression in clinical practice is that more and more children have food allergy. This article looks at the prevalence of food allergy in children. I wanted to get [...]
December 1, 2009
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Tags: Article Review, Food Allergies, Food Allergy Epidemiology · Posted in: Allergies, Allergy Testing, Food Allergies
