School food allergy action plans are now the norm because of the increasing prevalence of various food allergies over the past 25 years. For parents and for medical professionals, they seem to be just more documents amongst an endless list of bureaucratic forms to complete. However, just as we discussed last month with asthma...
Evidence shows that the development of an active partnership between a patient with asthma, their caregivers and health care providers establishes open communication, and that education in self-management improves outcomes of chronic asthma. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), as well as the Allergy and Asthma...
Over the 25 years of treating patients with allergic conditions, I have witnessed changes in the prevalence, prevention advice and treatment of peanut allergy. The prevalence of peanut allergy in children in the United States, based on self-reporting in random telephone surveys, has increased from 0.4% in 1997 to 0.8% in 2002 to 1.4% in...
It is not uncommon for us to say every so often that “Life used to be much simpler.” This year, medical professionals find that to be the case when discussing prescriptions for epinephrine devices. There are, at present, five different ways in which we can prescribe what is commonly referred to as “the EpiPen.” EpiPen brand (sold by...
Get helpful tips this allergy season from Dr. Klein when he was on WLS-TV last year. [pl_video type="youtube" id="QpgeqA7uMdE"]
We are excited to introduce our updated website. We hope that you will find it to be user-friendly with some new features. We have added an air quality link with the pollen count link to help you manage your allergy symptoms. You will now be able to follow us on Facebook and Twitter. For more than 20 years Dr. Klein has served the...