Allergy Relief and Symptom Information

Navigating food allergies as a kid is tough. You can’t eat the same foods that every other kid gets to eat at parties. You may have to sit at an “allergen-free” table during school lunch. Eating out at restaurants can be much more stressful than enjoyable. And then...

If you’ve struggled with allergies for a significant amount of time, you probably know how to manage them quite well. But what happens when other people’s actions threaten your well-controlled allergies? This can happen during the holidays when well-meaning friends,...

Asthma presents all kinds of challenges: the need to monitor your environment for asthma triggers, moderate your exercise so that it doesn’t send your asthma out of control, and keep an inhaler close at all times. Then, there’s the fear that your asthma could flare...

Are you hosting the big meal this year? If so, you may be reaching for old family recipes that make the Thanksgiving meal not only delicious but also nostalgic. But if you’re hosting a guest with allergies, you have a new challenge on your hands. You may be wondering:...

Back in the 1950s, sesame allergies were almost unheard of in the U.S. Today, they’re the ninth most prevalent allergen and affect up to 1.6 million kids and adults. Experts from the pediatric allergy and immunology department at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have...

Another fall season is passing by. If you have allergies, you may be breathing a sigh of relief to have your sniffling and sneezing behind you—at least until spring when hay fever kicks up again. Allergies can feel like a never-ending cycle with only brief periods of...

When I started prescribing sublingual immunotherapy to my allergic patients in the 1980s, one of the biggest selling points was that patients could administer it at home. For years, patients wanting lasting relief through allergy immunotherapy had only one...

Kids are struggling with allergies at a much higher rate than they used to. Consider these statistics: The incidence of food allergies in U.S. children increased by 50 percent between 1997 and 2011. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Allergies to peanuts and...

If you have a food allergy, you’re used to your own kind of “normal”—having an EpiPen as a constant companion, bringing out your ninja label-reading skills before you try that new snack, and shrewdly avoiding trigger foods at parties and potlucks. As you set out for...

If you have allergies, you’ve probably felt them turn you into a sneezing, wheezing, runny-nosed, puffy-eyed mess in the heart of allergy season. Between 20 and 25 percent of Americans have allergies. So, how’d you get so “lucky” to be among this distinguished...

Summer is here, and the great outdoors is beckoning with its backyard barbecues, picnics in the park, and hiking and camping trips. Unfortunately, you have to share the space with insects. Bugs have been on the nation’s mind since late spring when Brood X, a type of...

Peanut-free lunch tables. Allergen-free menus at restaurants. A plethora of milk substitutes, ranging from soy to almond milk. Evidence of the food allergy epidemic are everywhere. If you’re wondering why you didn’t hear as much about food allergies when you were...