Total Allergen Load
Stress Might Be Making Your Allergies Worse
Stress impacts people in so many ways – it’s the body’s way of protecting itself, and can show its effects not only mentally, but physically. Your brain might respond with spinning, while your breath and heart rate also increase. The stress hormones racing through your blood stream can cause other complications too, some unexpected, like…
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Dust: The Forgotten Fall Allergy
When the seasons change from summer to fall, those with allergies are on alert for ragweed — it can wreak havoc on those who are allergic. But, rarely are people allergic to just one thing, so many times there are other allergens at play when you have a reaction. In the fall, that other allergen…
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I Have Food Allergies. Why Should I Treat My Environmental Allergies?
Many people with food allergies go looking for treatment with their eyes on the prize — reducing reactions to a certain food or foods. After testing for allergies and finding out you have a multitude of underlying food and environmental allergies, your provider might recommend treating a broad spectrum beginning with environmental allergies (as authors…
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The Total Allergen Load: An Explanation for Spontaneous Allergies
When I recently asked Dr. George Kroker, an allergist with Allergy Associates of La Crosse, about the importance of the phenomenon called the Total Allergen Load, he responded with, “Never have so few words had such a great impact on my day-to-day practice.” Dr. Kroker further explained the concept with a patient who was confused…
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