The Allergist

"This is an allergic disease, and allergists need to help take care of this person." Dr. Seema Aceves Found yourself scratching your head about how to approach EoE in young patients? Who will go on to develop chronic disease, facing stricture and food impaction from remodelling? Our current approach can feel like it is stuck in the Stone Age. But not to worry, Dr. Seema Aceves will rocket us to the cutting edge of EoE diagnostics and treatment. Dr. Seema Aceves is Professor of Pediatrics and ...

There’s a question that’s been circulating widely these days. It’s in the clinic, it’s in the news, and it’s on patients' minds. Why do allergies appear to be increasing? Enter the epithelial barrier hypothesis. This is a developing theory that sees a connection between the ‘atopic march’ and the breakdown of the epithelial barrier. On today’s episode we speak with Professor Cezmi Akdis. Professor Akdis is a director of the Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research in Davos and professor...

"I don't think any asthmatic in this world should have a SABA, ever." —Dr. Paul O'Byrne Is it asthm...

“If that medicine is associated with fear of an injection, then we are giving the impression that a diagnosis of food allergy is worse than a life sentence.” — Dr. Paul Turner When it comes to managing anaphylaxis, epinephrine is the gold standard. But even with its life-saving potential, misconceptions abound, and newer delivery methods like nasal and sublingual formulations are raising questions for allergists and patients alike. In this episode, Dr. Mariam Hanna sits down with Dr. Pa...

"Food, milk and egg ladders look the same, but they're not the same." — Dr. Juan Trujillo Ladders are close to standard in some clinics now. The evidence that they change the course of anything is still thin. So families are climbing, clinicians are advising, and nobody has settled the question underneath: is a ladder modifying the disease, or is it keeping everyone busy while a child outgrows it on schedule? On this episode, Dr. Mariam Hanna puts that to someone who has lived with the questi...