While our focus since mid-March has been on COVID-19, a new FDA-approved treatment for peanut allergy has been available. On January 31st, the product Palforzia (the generic name being ‘Peanut [Arachis hypogaea] Allergen Powder—dnfp’) was approved to use if one is between the ages 4 through 17 for the first dose with a confirmed diagnosis […]
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A Nickel For Your Thoughts: Contact Dermatitis Allergens and Food Allergy
Tests that are considered proven for diagnosing food allergy have been skin tests, blood tests that look for IgE (the class of antibody associated with allergic diseases) and, if necessary, an office ingestion challenge. When the skin tests and blood tests are normal, the scientific conventional approach is to call a recurrent specific food reaction […]
The Troubling Topic of Gluten Sensitivity
We all have become better-educated by the media and the government about immunology over the past two months. But, I think we are all also tired of hearing about and living with COVID-19 day in and day out. I’ve been wanting to write about gluten sensitivity for a while since I heard a 2018 medical […]