The Emotional Toll of Food Allergies in Children
Help your child minimize anxiety about food allergies.
Allergies, Children, Eating Disorders, Food Allergies, Health, Mental Health, Pediatric Medicine, UNC Children's
Category: Allergies
Should You Use a Neti Pot or Another Type of Nasal Irrigation?
If you are suffering from sinus or nasal symptoms, a saline wash might bring relief.
Allergies, Ear Nose Throat, Health, Nose, Otolaryngology/ Head and Neck Surgery
What You Need to Know About Allergy Testing
No, it doesn’t usually hurt—and it might give you information that could change your life for the better.
Red Meat Making Your Patient Sick? This Could Be Why
Allergies, Epidemiology, Food Allergies, Immunology, Physicians
A Way to Treat Food Allergies, Coming Soon
UNC Health Care researchers are leading the way in immunotherapy.
Taking the sting out of insect-sting allergies
Insect stings cause 40 to as many as 100 deaths nationwide each year. A review of current scientific literature related to specific insect-sting hypersensitivity points to epinephrine auto-injectors and immunotherapy as lifesavers in people with a previous sting-induced systemic allergic reaction.
UNC researchers discover promising new treatment for egg allergy
Giving egg-allergic children small amounts of egg over many months found to reduce severe reactions, help some shed the allergy entirely.