By Allergy & Asthma Specialists – 7/30/2018 Just wanted to share with you a great website you may find helpful if you have children with food allergies. Specifically, with school beginning soon, here is the link to some great school and classroom information you can share with your child’s school. Click here for classroom allergy tips. Continue Reading

By A. Pawlowski, NBC News – 7/17/2018 The mother of a teen girl who died of a severe reaction to her peanut allergy after accidentally eating a cookie containing peanut butter is warning others to be vigilant about food packaging and labels. The family blames a folded-back cookie box wrapper for hiding the presence of the ingredient, leading Continue Reading

By Roni Caryn Rabin, The New York Times – 2/15/2018 Bridget Starbuck says everyone in the small town of Stockton, Kan., where she lives knows her boys have severe food allergies. So there was no benign explanation for what happened at a high-school basketball game a few weeks ago, when an older child walked up Continue Reading

By Tara Parker-Pope & Rachel Rabkin Peachman, The New York Times – 8/22/2016 A steep increase in the price of the EpiPen, a lifesaving injection device for people with severe allergies, has sparked outrage among consumers and lawmakers who worry that parents won’t be able to afford the pens for children heading back to school. With a Continue Reading

Food Allergy Diagnosis – January 2016 There has been a lot of information in the media recently about food allergies. Most of coverage was generated by a report that was commissioned by the federal government and found that many poorly done food allergy tests and misdiagnoses have lead to countless misleading results. A misdiagnosis done Continue Reading

Between dodging vampires in haunted houses and listening to tales of terror, Halloween can be a scary time of make-believe for children in Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, and throughout Hampton Roads. But for children with food allergies, Halloween can be a real, horrifying experience. Following are some Halloween safety tips from the food allergy Continue Reading

Allergic Rhinitis is an inflammation of the mucus membranes of the nose/upper respiratory tract, and is induced by a variety of substances known as allergens. Seasonal allergens include tree, grass, and ragweed pollens. Perennial allergens include dust, dust mites, cockroaches, cats and dogs. If you have allergies, these allergens will cause sneezing; itchy nose, roof Continue Reading

By Allergy & Asthma Specialists – 4/6/2015 As you already know, everything outdoors is covered with different types of pollen. Many adults and children can expect to suffer from itchy, watery, red eyes and an itchy, sneezy, runny nose for the next several months. Hampton Roads is a great place to raise a family, but Continue Reading

The diagnosis of Food Allergies, and Peanut Allergy in particular, is not always straightforward. Food allergies are often missed in children with severe eczema. This is unfortunate, since simple diet controls often lead to significant improvement to this terrible condition. For patients who are at risk for anaphylaxis, the most severe form of food allergy, Continue Reading

By NBC Nightly News– 7/2/2014 An estimated 15 million people in the United States have a food allergy of some sort, and according to the journal “Pediatrics,” 5.9 million of them are children. Now researchers are working on a way to desensitize patients who suffer from some of the most common allergens in the U.S.: Continue Reading

By Allergy & Asthma Specialists – 6/15/2014 With school out and an increase of fun events on the horizon in Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, and throughout Hampton Roads, we encourage you to review the following food allergy tips from our food allergy doctors and also share them with your children: • Pack smart – Continue Reading

WINTER IS BEHIND US, but not its effects. Early-blooming trees have been waiting for warmer days, and an explosion of pent-up pollen could soon be coming our way By Brady Dennis and Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post – 4/4/2014 Goodbye, polar vortex. Hello, pollen vortex. It turns out that this brutally cold, miserably long, Continue Reading

By Maria Cheng, Associated Press – 1/29/2014 (AP) — An experimental therapy that fed children with peanut allergies small amounts of peanut flour has helped more than 80 percent of them safely eat a handful of the previously worrisome nuts. Although experts say the results of the carefully monitored study are encouraging, they warn it Continue Reading

By Allergy & Asthma Specialists – 4/9/2013 Pollen counts are already high, and the mild and wet winter we just experienced will only make things worse in the coming weeks. Many adults and children can expect to suffer from itchy, watery, red eyes and an stuffy, itchy, runny nose for the next several months. Hampton Continue Reading

Ghosts and goblins aren’t the only scary things your children might encounter this Halloween. For parents of kids with food allergies, Halloween treats—from candy to cookies—can be frightening too. Common allergens such as peanuts, tree nuts, milk and egg are often ingredients in Halloween treats. Some kids may experience a rash or red, itchy skin, Continue Reading

By Madonna Behen, Parade magazine – 8/17/2013 1. Create an action plan. Studies indicate that up to 25 percent of first-time allergic reactions occur in school. If food allergy guidelines are already in place at your child’s school, then your plan might simply list the foods to which he’s allergic; any possible signs of a Continue Reading

By Melanie Thernstrom, The New York Times – 3/7/2013 For nine years, the greatest challenge Kim Yates Grosso faced each day was keeping her daughter Tessa safe. Tessa was so severely allergic to milk, wheat, eggs, nuts, shellfish and assorted other foods that as a toddler she went into anaphylactic shock when milk fell on Continue Reading

The Virginian-Pilot and evening news programs recently featured a story about an increase in skin and food allergies. The story says the increase could be due to households being too clean, and parents paying closer attention to rashes. What it doesn’t mention is that the growing increase could also be due to a food allergy Continue Reading

Reuters – 6/20/2011 NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – One in 12 children in the United States may have a food allergy, with more than a third of those having severe allergies, according to a study. The study, published in Pediatrics, also showed that allergies were more common in minority children. “What I hope this paper Continue Reading

December 2010 Many women have a problem with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis, which consists of recurrent or persistent vaginal candida infections that are unresponsive to standard therapies. To make matters worse, once every therapy offered fails, most of these women stop reporting vaginal infections to their doctors. Fortunately, a number of studies have demonstrated that C. Continue Reading

By Todd Neale, MedPage Today – 11/29/2010 Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Nurse Planner Pediatricians can play an important role in helping to manage food allergies in schools, according to a clinical report from the American Academy of Continue Reading

By Marianne Canter, April 2010 Member, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology • Question: Is there a cure? • Answer: No, but a personalized approach to treatment can ease symptoms. From 2000 to 2005, the cost of treating allergic rhinitis almost doubled from $6.1 billion (in 2005 dollars) to $11.2 billion. More than half Continue Reading