Allergy Relief and Symptom Information

Spring allergies are fueled largely by trees—including ash, birch, cedar, alder elm, cottonwood, oak, mesquite, acacia, and pecan. While most tree pollination dies down in May, grasses take the baton starting in June. If your allergies are picking up, you may be...

Summer brings a bevy of fresh fruits—peaches, watermelon, kiwi, cherries, apricots and more. But as tasty as those fruits may be at the height of the summer season, eating them can be miserable if you have oral allergy syndrome (OAS), also known as pollen-food...

If you’re like most Americans, you’ve been alarmed by an unusual rash forming on your skin—seemingly out of nowhere. You may have wondered what in the world caused it. Was there something different about the laundry detergent? Were you bitten by a bug? Did you eat...

When my daughters were young, I used to read to them every night, and one of their favorite books was titled “The Mysterious Shrinking House.” It’s an intriguing tale of a young girl who is transported into the world of her toy dollhouse and charged with freeing the...

Telemedicine -- the practice of medicine using technology to deliver care at a distance. A physician in one location uses a telecommunications infrastructure to deliver care to a patient at a distant site.As we deal with the mayhem caused by coronavirus (COVID-19), it...

Statistics show that allergies are getting worse by the year (consider peanut allergies that have quadrupled in the last 13 years). Allergies, however, are an old phenomenon. And though they may not have affected people at the same rate as they do today, they were...

If you’re anything like I am, you enjoy certain aspects of winter but are happy when spring takes the baton. The sight of flowers bursting into rainbow blooms and foliage revitalizing tree branches can add a bounce to your step. But along with the beauty and color and...

As allergies increase, more kids are heading to school armed with epinephrine auto injectors. It’s their best defense against anaphylaxis—a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction. Anaphylaxis can affect both kids and adults and is becoming a bigger concern...

Have you had enough of seasonal allergy symptoms—the sniffling, sneezing and itchy eyes that make you want to go mad during spring or fall when trees, grass or weeds are pollinating? Or maybe you’re dealing with food allergies. You may sense that something...

You may have heard these terms used interchangeably: conventional medicine, allopathic medicine, and Western medicine. All of these terms refer to the treatment of symptoms and disease through options such as medication, surgery, and radiation. A shift in healthcare...

What you know is that when you eat bread or pasta, your body reacts negatively. What you don’t know is why. Are you gluten intolerant? Allergic to wheat? Or do you have full-blown celiac disease? Let’s start by discussing what exactly gluten is. Then, we’ll examine...

Eczema, also referred to as atopic dermatitis, is marked by chronic inflammation of the skin. It manifests as raised, red skin patches that can be maddeningly itchy. The skin may appear thickened or scaly. In some cases, it may crack, ooze, and crust over. These...