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Primary Care: Food Allergies

Dr. Francisco Pernas, Otolaryngologist with Baptist Health South Florida, says doctors have recommended not giving your kids peanuts for the first three years of life. "Then we rescinded that, because we found out that if you waited until three years of age and then you presented them with peanuts, they might have even higher reactions."…...
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Differences between Cold and Allergies

Cold and allergy share some symptoms but they are not the same. Some of the allergy symptoms are runny nose, sneezing, watery eyes and dry skin and some of the cold symptoms are cough, sore throat and mild headache. Melissa Franco, Family Medicine Physician at Baptist Health Primary Care, says with a cold you are…...
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Causes of Allergies

Dr. Mario Zambrano, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician with Homestead Hospital, says the immune system is not exposed to a lot of things in the uterus and when people are born they are bombarded with allergens. Everything is an allergen: food, milk, dust, mold, pollen, head dander; all are handled by the body differently. He also…...
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Life-Threatening Food Allergies

Food allergies impact nearly 50 million people each year in the United States. The symptoms can range from minor discomforts, such as tummy aches and diarrhea, to life-threatening reactions, like anaphylaxis. Dr. Manuel Torres, Family Medicine Physician at Baptist Health Primary Care, says it is a life threatening and serious issue. "Sometimes, you need to…...
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Signs of Allergy

Dr. Francisco Pernas, Otolaryngologist with Baptist Health South Florida, says an allergy is an inflammatory reaction the body incorrectly does for something that it shouldn't be reacting to. "It's basically an immune response that shouldn't be there." Stuffy or runny nose; sneezing; red, itchy, watery eyes; red, itchy, dry skin; hives or itchy welts; itchy…...
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Kids: Diagnosis of Allergies

The allergy tests are skin tests, intradermal tests, challenge tests, and blood tests. Dr. Mario Zambrano, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician with Homestead Hospital, says if a young child has an allergy, they can do a blood allergy test to determine what can it be (milk, dust, mold, pet dander). He explains the skin test is…...
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Allergies and Children

Dr. Francisco Pernas, Otolaryngologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains you are not necessarily born with allergies, you can develop them as young child. "In the first year of life, kids typically do not have allergies. It's this immune system component that we haven't really identified yet, why some people are so pretty supposed to…...
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How Does a Doctor Diagnose Allergies?

Dr. Javier Hiriart, Pediatrician at Family Medicine Center at West Kendall Baptist Hospital explains that tests are really helpful in case to diagnose any allergy. The specialist describes the physician can order skin (little sticks in the arms) or blood tests in order to help to identify more specific triggers to the allergies such as…...
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