Immunotherapy: Making the decision to add allergy shots to your treatment plan doesn't usually come during your first appointment, unless you're having a life-threatening reaction to something like a snake bite or insect venom. The allergist will consider immunotherapy later on in your treatment ...
I can't see any way that humankind could have evolved at all if people were always stopping to itch, scratch or sneeze. Allergy shots have only been available in recent medical history. So have allergies. So has our chemical-laden, overcooked, overlyprocessed,overly meaty-and-starchy diet. ...
Skin Infections– Dogs who spend a lot of time outdoors, like Labradors, are susceptible topyoderma, which is a cut, scrape, or another wound that becomes infected. To make things more complicated, dogs who have allergies are more susceptible to bacterial infections. Veterinary treatment for pyo...
I’ve previously discussed an example of this quackery,Jean Dodds’ Nutriscan allergy testing system. In her book, Dr. Dodds provides many citations to support her claim that this is a legitimate test, but a cursory look at these shows they don’t make that case at all. And there are ...
And we aren’t talking about allergy shots or desensitization therapy, either. These new treatments for cat allergies aren’t for you—they’re actually administered to your cat. The goal is to help make them less likely to incite an inflammatory process in you. Here’s everything you need...
I needed a better solution. One that didn’t involve getting shots for the next 5 years either. (When I was 20 I did get allergy shots for about a year, but stopped because it was difficult to go every week. Plus I had to wait in the office for 30 minutes to see if I had a ...