Allergy (and clinical immunology)

Rhinovirus and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are the most prevalent inducers of upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) in infants and may st...

The following is a summary of “Evidence-based use of antihistamines for treatment of allergic conditions,” published in the October 2023 issue of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology by Linton, et al. H1 antihistamines have been used to treat allergic diseases like allergic rhinitis and hives since the...

Drug-induced pruritus triggers a desire to scratch, thereby diminishing one’s quality of life. Certain instances of this phenomenon follow complex mechanisms of action that diverge from histamine-mediated pathways, known contributors to pruritus.

All allergic responses to food indicate the failure of immunological tolerance, but it is unclear why cow’s milk and egg (CME) allergies resolve more readily than reactivity to peanuts (PN). We sought to identify differences between PN and CME allergies through constitutive immune status and...

Anaphylaxis can be defined as ‘a serious life-threatening allergic reaction which usually occurs within few seconds or minutes of exposure to allergic substances.This involves hives, swelling and sudden drop in the blood pressure and sometimes shock.’...