Electrodermal testing as effective as skin prick for diagnosing allergies? – (01-22-01)

Electrodermal testing as effective as skin prick for diagnosing allergies? This is sort of funny to me. I consider skin prick tests just short of worthless (and painful!!). Skin prick tests check for classical IgE mediated allergies. Doesn’t even come anywhere near checking for IgG4 mediated allergies (the delayed onset type). Electrodermal testing looks more […]

7 Ways Drops for Allergies Shine Again: Asthma

This is not the first time I’ve written about the wonders of drops for allergies for different conditions. But drops for asthma…this is new… A large chunk of the population deals with the discomfort and limitations of allergies and asthma here in the US.  This allergy season seems to have hit patients particularly hard.  Worse, […]

Can We Stop Allergies Before They Start In the Womb?

Allergies can be characterized by an imbalance in the way that our immune system reacts to things.  We need balance in our immune system, but this balance is trained; it is not hard wired. On one side, we have the cell-mediated immune cells, referred to as the Th1 cytokine profile.  Too much of this arm […]

Atopic/eczema cases are related to food allergies – (10-31-02)

Starvation reduces skin wheals, plasma substance P, vasoactive intestinal peptide in patients with atopic eczema/dermatitis syndrome While I don’t usually recommend starvation for patients with eczema (although most people would do well with a good fast…), this article does show the impact that the food we put into our mouths can have a direct effect […]

Drops for Allergies to Peanuts: Start Early

Peanut allergies can lead to something called anaphalactic shock. Not pleasant when it is your child’s airway that closes up. Many of these families have to carry around a shot of epinephrine (“epi-pen”) to open up the airway if they are exposed to even the smallest amount of a peanut.  In some cases merely being next […]