Allergic patients rely on antihistamines, steroids and other heavy prescription drugs to hide their symptoms. Allergies can adversely affect the immune system, energy levels, general well-being and even mood. Allergies can predispose to chronic sinusitis, daily headaches, inability to concentrate, insomnia, eye pressure, etc. D. Allergy sufferers are often said to avoid an allergen or undergo weekly intramuscular injections to "desensitize" them. None of these options fit most people. Avoidance is often impossible, and very few people with allergies want to visit an allergist for injections once a week for several years.
Many allergy sufferers who do not want to rely on weekly antigen injections and who are not satisfied with themselves to hide the symptoms of allergies have decided to undergo sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT). SLIT is very popular and widely used in Europe. It is becoming an effective treatment strategy in the United States, and new research is updated regularly to support it. More than 300 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals confirm that sublingual treatment is safe and effective. The publication of the ARIA guidelines (allergy to rhinitis and its effects on asthma) by an international working group showed that SLIT is a viable approach to treatment. The Cochrane Review, the most reliable independent, evidence-based, meta-analytical organization in the world, published its analysis in 2003 and identified the SLIT as safe and effective.
SLIT, or allergic drops, can be formulated based on a skin or blood test. After preparation, the drops are placed under the tongue, where absorption is perfect. Drops then deliver a slowly increasing dose of the prescribed antigen doctor. An antigen is something that a person is allergic to, for example, dust, ragweed, etc. The dose is calculated based on the degree of allergenicity on the skin or a blood test. Allergy drops are used with a gradual increase in dosages that affect the immune system, so that there is a development of tolerance to the antigen that causes the allergy. Over time, resistance to the antigen means that allergy sufferers no longer show signs and symptoms of an allergic reaction. They can lead a life without allergies over time. This is one of the most pleasant things that I see in my medical practice.
Passive allergies are painless and easy to use. There is no need to go to the office of the allergist to get painful weekly or monthly injections. Patients with allergies are also more economical than allergies. Treatment usually requires approximately two working visits per year to optimize the dose and re-check the response. Over time, people with allergies will decrease, noticing that they can breathe easier, and there they will be able to cancel allergy medications that give them side effects.
There are two possible treatment regimens. First, it is a “pre-season treatment” in which the drops are more concentrated. This is a rapid build-up of antigen a few weeks before the allergy season. There, the drops are maintained at a lower concentration throughout the season of allergies. Then the treatment is stopped. The second and more common approach is more “regular dosing” for patients with chronic allergies to such things as mold, food, dust, etc. The treatment can last from one to two years.
Modern medicine in New York is pleased to announce that it is now accepting new patients with allergies. This approach will be comprehensive; including dietary advice, as it reflects the patient’s specific allergies, focuses on natural supplements that support the immune system and whiten allergic reactions, medications and / or intravenous treatment as needed, as well as with sublingual immunotherapy or drop allergy.
(Feel free to make an appointment with a doctor, Dr. Zina Kroner)
