Lesser known symptoms of seasonal allergies

Conditions
June 26, 2012

My boys and I suffer from tree pollen allergies. More than birds chirping or flowers blooming, I have come to associate boogery sleeves and sneezing with the onset of spring. But these are the typical symptoms, which are easily recognizable as allergy-induced.

What I’d like to address in this post are some lesser known symptoms of seasonal allergies, which may also be rearing their ugly heads this spring. Red eyes and …

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Lesser known symptoms of seasonal allergies

Back to school fatigue can be caused by environmental allergies

Conditions
November 21, 2011

Back to school. Kids get back into a routine, and mom gets her life back, right?  Wrong. For most moms, back to school is anything but relaxing. However, for some of us, it’s even more tiring.

Is this the time of year when you struggle to drag yourself out of bed, despite hitting the sack as soon as you put the kids down for the night?

Is your focus during the day …

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Back to school fatigue can be caused by environmental allergies

The insensitivity towards kids with food allergies

Patient
August 9, 2011

Dear Members of the Illinois State Board of Education,

As a parent of a child attending Illinois Public Schools, a taxpayer, and a board-certified pediatric allergist and immunologist, I was distressed to hear of the irresponsible comments made by Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) Members Catherine Campbell and Lawrence Gregorash regarding the requirement for Illinois schools to have a food allergy policy in place by 2011.

When the parents …

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The insensitivity towards kids with food allergies

Teach your child to properly blow his nose

Conditions
May 16, 2011

Cold season.

All over town, boogery kids are wiping snot on their sleeves, their hands, and us.  One of the most important things you can teach your child is how to properly blow his/her nose.  It’s one of the “skills” I check for whenever a young child comes to my office with symptoms of an upper respiratory infection.  I’m always amused by the number of kids blowing air out of their …

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Teach your child to properly blow his nose

Viewing physicians source of care, rather than a barrier to care

Physician
March 2, 2011

Clinician. Diagnostician. Prognostician. Healer.

A physician has many jobs to perform, all critical to the appropriate management of what ails our patients. Without astute physical exam skills or a keen ability to sort through a medical history to uncover salient data, the physician is no better at diagnosing a patient than a Google search (and we’re quite a lot better, in case anyone was wondering). Without a proper understanding of physiology …

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Viewing physicians source of care, rather than a barrier to care