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Category: Allergies & Immunology
5 things this allergist-immunologist will never do [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “Jumping on the recent TikTok trend of medical professionals sharing the things they would never do given their knowledge and expertise, I am sharing the five things I would never do …
5 things I would never do as an allergy and immune system expert
Jumping on the recent TikTok trend of medical professionals sharing the things they would never do given their knowledge and expertise, I am sharing the five things I would never do as a board-certified allergist-immunologist. 1. I would never rely on …
A nut allergy nightmare at 35,000 feet
A hungry college student was on a plane flying to Italy. She was alone, as her parents had bought her a ticket to join them on the trip, but their own flight had been sold out. About an hour after take-off, the flight attendants came down the aisle wit…
3 misperceptions and myths about food allergies
Recently, singer and musician Halsey shared her recent allergy testing results on TikTok along with the news of her recent diagnosis of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), and Sjogren’s Disease. Pictured were the telltal…
Food allergies are a growing public health concern, not a joke
I was truly gutted when watching the recent Saturday Night Live that joked about nut allergies. My son Joshua, who is 16 years old, has an anaphylactic peanut allergy. I found the segment to be insensitive to the millions of people globally who live ea…
5 science-backed strategies an allergist-mom is using to protect her family’s health
Like most parents, my children are my world. I would do anything to protect them and keep them healthy. It is Darwinian. Instinctual. Most of us get by with a combination of sage advice from generations past interspersed with a “know better do be…
When celebrities attack children with food allergies [PODCAST]
“A child is born with a food allergy. They do not choose to have their immune system compromised. Parents do not get the choice to opt-in or out of having their child’s body recognize ordinary food as a threat. Food allergies are a unique disease…
When celebrities attack children with food allergies
Recently, I came across two high-profile Twitter accounts sharing a meme insinuating that parents who have children with nut allergies are hesitant to give the coronavirus vaccine to their children. The author of the tweet, Bette Midler, so eloquently …
Medical facilities: Please keep your immune-deficient patients safe
“Go have a seat,” the receptionist at the imaging center told me, gesturing to the waiting room. It was a close, poorly ventilated space, and several of the chairs were already occupied. I turned back to the receptionist. ”I have a primary immune defic…
