Allergy
Alternative Medicine
Arthritis
Back Pain
Cancer
Cholesterol
Current Controversies
Dental
Dermatology
Diabetes
Endocrine Disorders
ENT-ear,nose and throat
Exercise/Rehabilitation
Eye care
FDA Warnings
Gastroenterology
General Medicine
Geriatrics
Heart Disease
Heart Healthy Cooking
Hematology
Hypertension
Infectious Disease
JAMA REPORT
Kidney Disease
Live Cases
Lung Disease
Men's Health
Mental Health
Neurologic Disease
Obesity
Orthopedics
Pediatrics
Plastic Surgery
Podiatry
Pregnancy
Rheumatology
Sexual Health
Stroke
Vascular Disease
Women's Health
Allergic Rhinitis causes itchy, watery eyes, runny, stuffy nose and post nasal drip. It can also cause headache, chronic cough, ear infection, and chronic sinus infection.
Dr. Clifford Bassett discusses allergies and testing for allergies. Gentle multi allergy testing tests for multiple types of allergens using a skin test. It can look for food allergies, environmental allergies, and pet allergies.
Hay fever is caused by mold, weeds, and pollen. It is very common. It causes symptoms in the spring and early summer consisting of runny nose, stuffy nose, cough, and watery eyes. Treatment of mild symptoms usually consists of an antihistamine.
Food Allergy can be very dangerous. It is important to get allergy testing if you suspect a food allergy. Allergy testing can include skin allergy testing, and blood tests. The most worrisome allergy symptoms are the ones that occur immediately after eating the food, which can include shortness of breath, sweating, and feeling like your throat is closing. Other symptoms including tongue swelling, hives, and nausea, and vomiting.
Dust Mites: Dr. Steve Rubinstein, an allergist at Camino Medical Group, discusses dust mites and how they cause allergies and lung problems. Dust mites live on old shed skin, frequently in bed. This causes about 75% of allergies. Symptoms of runny nose, cough, can improve with some easy measures described here.
Dr. Adrian Morris, an allergy specialist in the UK, discusses hayfever. Hay fever is very common and caused by grass and tree pollen. Symptoms include runny nose, itchy eyes, runny eyes, cough, and sneezing. Being prepared early in the season with anti histamines, blowing your nose frequently, and a nasal salt water nose spray.
Dr. Clifford Bassett discusses food allergies in kids. Food allergies can run in families. Kids that have eczema will commonly have a food allergy as a trigger. Itchy skin, rhinitis, hayfever can all have a food allergy causing them.
This animated video reviews allergies. Allergies are commonly caused by environmental antigens such as tree pollen and dust mites. Symptoms include runny nose, watery eyes and sneezing, as well as skin rash and diarrhea. Treatment sometimes includes an intra nasal steroid. Video courtesy of Blausen Medical.
Dr. James Bonner from the Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, discusses treating allergies. Allergic rhinitis can cause poor sleeping, fatigue, runny nose, watery eyes, sneezing and coughing, poor concentration in the spring and summer. Allergy shots can be helpful in treating patients with symptoms not improved with simple antihistamines.