Focus on Allergy

As physicians, we know how difficult adjusting to and living with a peanut allergy can be for our young patients, but we don’t always think about the toll that this burden takes on their caregivers. Follow along with Erica Spector, mother and caregiver of a child with a peanut allergy, as she describes the precautions and considerations she takes every single day to ensure that her teenage daughter stays safe in every aspect of her life.

Conducting clinical research is essential if we are to better understand peanut allergies, yet the terminology to describe these findings only confuses and frustrates clinicians. Here to help clear up the confusion is Dr. Jennifer Caudle, who also demonstrates the importance of standardizing these terms so that the medical community as a whole can accurately and effectively utilize these research findings.

Having a peanut allergy affects almost every aspect of your patient’s life, especially if they’re an adolescent. Learn more about what the real burden of this allergy is for patient Nia and her doctor J. Wesley Sublett of Family Allergy and Asthma in Louisville, Kentucky.

Having a peanut allergy affects almost every aspect of your patient’s life, especially if they’re an adolescent. Learn more about what the real burden of this allergy is for patient Nia and her doctor J. Wesley Sublett of Family Allergy and Asthma in Louisville, Kentucky.

With the prevalence of peanut allergy on the rise, there’s a lot physicians need to know about diagnosis, treatment barriers, and its impact on our healthcare system as a whole. Taking a look at each of these pieces in this problematic puzzle is Dr. Wesley Sublett from Family Allergy and Asthma in Louisville, Kentucky.

With the prevalence of peanut allergy on the rise, there’s a lot physicians need to know about diagnosis, treatment barriers, and its impact on our healthcare system as a whole. Taking a look at each of these pieces in this problematic puzzle is Dr. Wesley Sublett from Family Allergy and Asthma in Louisville, Kentucky.

With the prevalence of peanut allergies increasing, it’s easy to get caught up in the numbers and forget that living with a peanut allergy comes with a significant burden for children and families alike, as Dr. David Stukus from Nationwide Children’s Hospital and the Ohio State College of Medicine explains.

With the prevalence of peanut allergies increasing, it’s easy to get caught up in the numbers and forget that living with a peanut allergy comes with a significant burden for children and families alike, as Dr. David Stukus from Nationwide Children’s Hospital and the Ohio State College of Medicine explains.

Allergic rhinitis (AR) and asthma are common allergic respiratory conditions. In fact, AR is a major factor in the development of asthma. Medical costs associated with these two conditions are high, but can be reduced considerably when following evidence-based diagnosis and treatment guidelines, which include allergy testing and avoidance of relevant allergens.

The goal of this CME activity is to help clinicians understand the rationale for allergy testing for people with AR and asthma and incorporate the results from allergy testing into a comprehensive evidence-based treatment approach.

Do pets help prevent allergies? Does the 5-second rule actually exist? And is dirt really good for a child’s immune system?

Host Dr. John Russell talks with Jack Gilbert, Ph.D., Professor of Surgery at the University of Chicago and Director of the Microbiome Institute. Dr. Gilbert is author of the book Dirt is Good, answering questions about the potential benefits of exposure to germs and bacteria. He and Dr. Russell sift through common misconceptions about microbiomes to better understand their actual risks and benefits for the body's immune system, explaining its role in disease and health.