Indy Food Allergy Support Groups

This past Tuesday (March 16, 2010) I was asked to speak to the Southside Indianapolis Food Allergy Support Group. Last spring I talked about food challenges and what Dr. Vitalpur and I are doing at Riley hospital regarding food challenges. This time I gave an update from the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, [...]

March 18, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Food Allergies, Meeting Updates  No Comments

FPIES- Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome

Last week I had the pleasure of meeting a young lady with infantile FPIES. Both of her parents were with her for the evaluation.  The family alerted me to a contribution to the literature written by allergists for a condition that may not be commonly seen by an allergist. What I learned from that encounter [...]

February 17, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Food Allergies, Gastrointestinal Allergy, Interesting Stories  6 Comments

Red Cheeks- Is it a food allergy?

Frey’s syndrome – a masquerader of food allergy?
We have seen many children who were evaluated for food allergy and/or who were brought by parents to be evaluated for food allergy because of redness to the cheeks that is observed after eating.
What I haven’t heard about is a syndrome called ‘Frey’s Syndrome’. 
In the January edition of [...]

February 1, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Food Allergies, Interesting Stories  3 Comments

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 minutes. [...]

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