{"id":5188,"date":"2007-04-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.dev\/?p=5188"},"modified":"2007-04-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-03T00:00:00","slug":"infections-immunodeficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/infections-immunodeficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequent Infections in Children May Be A Sign of Immunodeficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target='_blank' href=http:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/medicalnews.php?newsid=66896>Medical News Today<\/a> reports that, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma &#038; Immunology (AAAAI), children who get frequent infections like ear infections, sinusitits, or pneumonia may have a condition known as immunodeficiency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;People with immunodeficiency get the same kinds of infections that other people get &#8211; ear infections, sinusitis and pneumonia,&#8217; says Jordan Orange, MD, PhD, FAAAAI, Chair of the AAAAI&#39;s Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases Committee. &#8216;The difference is that their infections occur more frequently, and are often more severe, and have a greater risk of complications.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The AAAAI recommends that patients should see an allergist \/ immunologist if they have chronic or recurrent infectious rhinosinusitis, or if they have any of the following warning signs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eight or more new infections within one year.<\/li>\n<li>Two or more serious sinus infections within one year.<\/li>\n<li>Two or more months on antibiotic with little or no effect.<\/li>\n<li>Two or more pneumonias within one year.<\/li>\n<li>Failure of an infant to gain weight or grow normally.<\/li>\n<li>Recurrent deep skin or organ abscesses.<\/li>\n<li>Persistent thrush in mouth or elsewhere on skin after age one.<\/li>\n<li>Need for intravenous antibiotics to clear infections.<\/li>\n<li>Two or more deep seated infections.<\/li>\n<li>A family history of immune deficiency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medical News Today reports that, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma &#038; Immunology (AAAAI), children who get frequent infections like ear infections, sinusitits, or pneumonia may have a condition known as immunodeficiency. &#8216;People with immunodeficiency get the same&hellip; <\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-categories\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/category\/allergy-tips\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Allergy tips<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[189],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5188"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5188\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}