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Keep 2 shots of epinephrine with you at all times. You may need a second shot, because epinephrine only works for about 20 minutes and symptoms may return. Your provider can show you and family members how to give the shot. Check the expiration date every month and replace it before it ...
two kinds: allergy shots and sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT). During immunotherapy, your doctor gives you a small amount of an allergen you react to. They slowly increase the amount you get until you become less sensitive to it. This reduces your symptoms when you come across that allergen ...
Sometimes, seasonal allergies overlap, especially when trees release their pollen early or when a rainy spring causes more plants and molds to grow. So you may have one long allergy season in a year, depending on where you live, what plants grow near you, and what triggers your allergies....
a runny nose or hives, and then quickly recover with a dose of Benadryl®. Still others may vomit and immediately feel better. Other children will experience anaphylaxis, the most severe of allergic reactions and end up in the emergency room receiving shots of epinephrine. Tragically, some chi...
when I didn't have insurance. The office manager refuses to allow me to continue to get the shots until the bill is completely paid off. The shots are a time sensitive thing, and I just started a new vial. So I guess I'm not going to be able to get them again without starting ...
My youngest didn’t do well with allergy shots — he kept having what seemed to be reactions to them, so we have opted out for the time being. However, he has suffered quite a bit in the past few years, so we bought a HEPA air filter for our home, and it seemed to help all of...
“Allergy shots” are an attempt to desensitize, or at least hypo-sensitize, someone who is allergic. Until recently, desensitization has never been shown to be effective in any food allergy. Because desensitization has helped some children with anaphylactic reactions to bee stings, many allergists...
When our son, Morgan, was young we were always SO careful to protect him from dogs and cats because of his severe allergies, diagnosed from a skin prick test, and confirmed with a few disastrous exposures. Prior to him receiving allergy shots, if he was in a house where a dog or cat...
Allergy shots, a form of treatment known as immunotherapy, involve injecting small quantities of substances to which the patient is allergic. The shots are given regularly for a long time to desensitize the patient or get the patient to tolerate the allergen without developing symptoms. This type...