Archive for the ‘Phadia Allergy Tests’ Category

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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 minutes. [...]

January 26, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Allergy Testing, Food Allergies, Phadia Allergy Tests  No Comments

Peanut Allergy vs. Peanut Sensitization

Allergy or tolerance in children sensitized to peanut: Prevalence and differentiation using component-resolved diagnostics.
N. Nicolaou, M Poorafshar, C Murray,  A Simpson, H Winell, G Kerry, A Woodcock, S Ahlstadt, and A Custovic.  Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology(JACI) 2010;125:191-7.
This article appeared in the most recent JACI. Almost as soon as I read the article, I [...]

January 24, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Food Allergies, Phadia Allergy Tests  No Comments

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   Posted in: Allergy Testing, Asthma, Phadia Allergy Tests  3 Comments

Food Allergy Testing, Egg Sensitivity, and Flu Shots

The title here takes in a significant amount of material. Its intent is to get your attention to an old theme and to hopefully help with considerations of dealing with the need for a flu immunization (aka flu shot) in the face of egg sensitization (having a positive allergy test to egg).
A young African-American girl [...]

September 24, 2009   Posted in: Allergy Testing, Egg Allergy, Food Allergies, Immunizations, Phadia Allergy Tests  4 Comments