Aspirin Allergy and Desensitization Protocols

For patients who suffer from terrible allergies , asthma, nasal polyps , and also suffer an allergy to aspirin , desensitization to aspirin can profoundly improve overall allergies and airway hyper-reactivity through an as yet unknown mechanism. It is hypothesized that aspirin desensitization works by decreasing leukotriene production and downregulating cystienyl leukotriene receptors resulting in a decrease in histamine and tryptase release from mast cells which causes allergy symptoms. H…

10/03/2013 0

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Allergy Shots in Britain Require a LONG Waiting Period Afterwards

I recently heard that one reason why allergy shots  are rare in England (and why sublingual "under-the-tongue" drops aka SLIT , are so common) is that British patients are required to wait under observation for anaphylaxis as long as ONE HOUR after each and every injection!!! In fact, initially the waiting period was as long as TWO HOURS when the British Committee for Safety of Medicines became alarmed with some deaths that followed allergy injections in 1986. Subsequently, the safe…

11/08/2010 0

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Why Can Some People Eat Red Hot Chili Peppers and Others Can't?

The New York Times on Aug 10, 2009 answered this question nicely in their Science/Health Section. Read the answer here .

8/11/2009 0

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