Archive for the ‘Asthma’ 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
Asthma Burden Report- Indiana
You can download the ‘2011 Asthma Burden Report’ for our state (Indiana) and see what is going on in the world of asthma viz Indiana. I have a vested interest in asthma and have been a part of many community/public health initiatives regarding asthma. As such I have always been interested to see what is [...]
May 24, 2011
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Tags: Asthma, Indiana Asthma Burden Report · Posted in: Asthma, Indiana Asthma Burden Report
Swimming and Asthma
All too often I hear in my allergy/asthma clinic about how a swimming pool affects the child’s breathing. The assumption is that the chlorine or mold is aggravating the respiratory tract. All too often the evaluation for mold allergy is negative and we would consider chlorine as a possible irritant for the inflamed, hyper-reactive airways. [...]
May 23, 2011
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Tags: Article Review, Asthma and Atopy, Swimming · Posted in: Allergy in Children, Asthma, Interesting articles, Swimming and asthma
The Allergic March- Children who start with Atopic Dermatitis and go on to have Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis
Redefining who goes on the Atopic March Does improvement management of atopic dermatitis influence the appearance of respiratory allergic diseases? A follow-up study. Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2010 8:8 Published June 30, 2010. Authors- G Ricci, A Patrizi, A Giannetti, A Dondi, B Bendandi, and M Masi. Background and purpose of the study Atopic dermatitis [...]
July 8, 2010
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Tags: Allergic Rhinitis, Asthma and Atopy, Atopic Dermatitis, The Allergic March · Posted in: Allergies, Asthma, Atopic Dermatitis, Developing Allergy, The Allergic March
Increased Asthma Frequency and Asthma Severity in Children: The Asssociation with Atopy
Asthmatic children with atopy have more frequent and more severe virus-induced illnesses. During a career you hear many words of wisdom from your mentors who are with you seeing children in the office and from meetings, curbside conversations/consultations, and from the literature. The adage that allergic children get sick easier, more frequently, and have more [...]
June 10, 2010
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Tags: Asthma, Asthma and Atopy, Atopy, Role of the allergist · Posted in: Allergies, Article Review, Asthma
Measuring Allergic Airway inflammation in Asthma
What is new for asthma diagnosis and treatment. A message was forwarded to me about a news broadcast from Chicago that highlighted a tool that can be used to help with asthma diagnosis and management. The FDA has recently approved this according to the message. This tool is the measurement of exhaled nitric oxide (eNO). [...]
March 12, 2010
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Tags: Asthma, Exhaled Nitric Oxide · Posted in: Asthma, Uncategorized
Pearls from the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
I just returned from New Orleans where I attended the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI) annual meeting. It was very hard for an Indianapolis Colts fan to venture into the city that beat my team in the most recent Super Bowl. They still celebrate that victory – deservedly so. It’s just that everywhere [...]
March 11, 2010
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Tags: AAAAI Meeting Highlights · Posted in: AAAAI Meeting Higlights, Allergies, Asthma
Phadia Allergy Tests and Asthma
In today’s (October 15, 2009) Indianapolis Star there was a very nice article by Shari Rudavsky. The article ‘Breathing Easier’ focuses on an entire family that struggles with asthma. This sharing of the human experience is very important for others who have asthma. Those who struggle with asthma are not alone. We can all learn [...]
October 15, 2009
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Posted in: Allergy Testing, Asthma, Phadia Allergy Tests
Asthma and Allergy or Just Allergies?
All during my training in allergy at Duke University and my first job as a member of the allergy section at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan asthma was always considered a large part of the realm of allergy. During my time in Detroit I was privileged to be the principal investigator (Detroit site) for [...]
October 1, 2009
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Posted in: Allergies, Asthma
Animals and Asthma
  Animals and Asthma- to have or to have not?        Photo by Bethany King                                             Children love animals. Parents may or may not love animals but they clearly love their children. Some parents have had the animals longer than they have had their children (surrogates?). So how does the [...]
July 16, 2009
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Posted in: Animal Allergy, Asthma, Developing Allergy
