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Allergy Testing is Offered in Our Office!

I have been so impressed and pleased with the response we are having with many patients who have been allergy tested and are using the sublingual (under the tongue) drops.  It is not a short term or quick response to allergies, but for the long term, it will make a big difference.

Allergy immunotherapy (or sublingual drops) has been helping people live allergy-free for decades.  It is a process that desensitizes your body to allergens.  Our formula safely introduces small amounts of allergens to your body over a period of time.  This allows your body to build up immunity to the things you are allergic to without all the negative side effects of medications.  With allergy immunotherapy, you will increase your allergic threshold so you no longer experience allergy symptoms.  Allergy immunotherapy is safe and effective for patients of all ages.

We can test for 70 environmental region-specific allergens and an additional 54 allergen food panels looking for food allergies.  Prior to testing, all allergy medications need to be stopped for three full days.  Contact the office for more information.

Allergy symptoms for food include:  itchy mouth, lip swelling, tongue swelling, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, rash/hives, abdominal pain, sneezing, stuffy nose, congestion, coughing, throat tightening, wheezing, trouble breathing, drop in blood pressure, feeling faint, anaphylaxis.

Allergy symptoms in general:  runny nose, sneezing, sniffling, nasal congestion, sinus congestion, sinus headache, post nasal drip, watery eyes, itchy eyes, red eyes, teary eyes, hives, itchiness, eczema, asthma, wheezing, ear infections, migraine headaches.