In an effort to bring variety to our blog readers, we are posting an article every month from an outside allergy blog. This two part article is reprinted with permission from a blog called The Renaissance Allergist.
_An Open Letter to a Young Allergist,
_Congratulations! After two years of Fellowship Training, you're about to be done and to be certified as an Allergist. The whole ‘World of Allergy’ awaits you and you're about to take the big step forward into directly caring for patients on your own. As someone who has been ‘in the trenches’ for nearly 30 years in treating allergic diseases, I have a few words of advice.
_This letter could be entitled many things, but perhaps the best title would be, ‘Mistakes I've made and Lesson's I've learned’. For you see, I've found that not everything you've learned in your training program applies to the
After an allergist confirmed my youngest son’s allergies, I tried all of the usual remedies to reduce his symptoms – allergen-free bedding, carpet-free flooring, and months and months of allergy shots: two shots—one in each arm, three times a week. Driving to the doctor’s office, signing in, waiting his turn, getting his shots, waiting 30 minutes afterward to make sure he didn’t have a reaction only to turn around and do it again two days later. Argh!<br><br>That routine didn’t mesh well with Robby or myself and I became an allergy shot dropout. But clearly, I needed to do something to give Robby relief.<br><br>So, I asked my girlfriends, who shared their experience on MedicalMommas.com.<br><br>Watch as my friend, Barbara talks about how she looked into off-label sublingual allergy drops, and doesn’t worry about the lack of FDA approval for this treatment http://www.medicalmommas.com/video/medicalmommascom-mystory-1. My friend, Valerie didn’t want her son, Peter taking over-the-counter or prescription allergy medication everyday, especially after he experienced horrible side effects to his allergy meds. She learned a lot and shares it all here http://www.medicalmommas.com/profiles/blogs/allergy-overload.<br><br>My friend, Melissa shares her technique to best manage her son, John’s allergies in order to control his asthma http://www.medicalmommas.com/video/medicalmommascom-moment-2.<br><br>Meanwhile, I’m still searching for what will make Robby stop his constant sniffing and am interested in hearing what you have to say.<br><br>Please join the discussion on MedicalMommas.com.<br><br>Best,<br>Diana Keough<br>Editor-in-Chief<br>[email protected]<br><br>tp:/