Allergy, Immunology, and ENT

A study examines using oral challenges to diagnose acetaminophen ingestion allergies.

An Australian study examines how childhood wheezing can impact the development of allergies.

A research team in Australia has tied early exposure dust mite allergens through breast milk to later development of food allergies.

Contemporary Pediatrics sat down with Margaret T. Redmond, MD, a pediatric allergist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, to discuss how to manage allergies in general pediatric practice and when to seek help.

Children who are allergic to 1 type of nut are often allergic to multiple nuts or seeds, according to a recent report.

A recent study in Australia investigates whether a probiotic could help reduce food allergy development.

The 2017 guideline update represented a paradigm shift in tackling peanut allergies. An investigation takes a look at how well pediatricians have implemented the change.

A retrospective study reveals that children with cow’s milk allergies—and the restrictive diets they must follow—may negatively impact their growth and development in comparison to their peers with other food allergies.

There are a number of ways clinicians can tackle peanut allergies, but allergy screening and early peanut exposure are still up for debate.

Immunotherapy has shown promise in treating peanut allergies. An investigation looks at whether similar results can be found when treating patients for wheat anaphylaxis.

For many children, a furry animal can be a best friend. An investigation looks at whether that bond can also protect against asthma and allergies.

For children with asthma, exposure to dog allergens could exacerbate outcomes.

Children who struggle with rare food allergies may have multiple food restrictions, with little understanding as to what really helps.

Life-threatening allergies are difficult to live with, in more ways than one.

Peanut allergies often elicit frightening reactions in children. The new drug Palforzia, just approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), can reduce the risk of a child having that potentially life-threatening reaction.

Food allergies are a hot topic on the playground, at schools, and in pediatric offices. Parents of children with eczema or atopic dermatitis (AD) often have a lot of questions regarding the connection between eczema, exposure to common food allergens, and the development of or exacerbation of AD. There are many of the complex questions that clinicians must answer when evaluating pediatric patients with AD.

Recommendations for whether to test for and treat food allergy in the setting of atopic dermatitis have changed.

Dr. Todd A. Mahr, president of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, discusses anaphylaxis and when to have your patient seek specialty care. Anaphylaxis is typically thought of as severe, acute and visibly evident. However, as Dr. Mahr points out, anaphylaxis can present differently in infants and young children.

Contemporary Pediatrics sits down exclusively with Todd A. Mahr, MD, FAAP, FAAAI, FACAAI, to discuss the one key condition for which he believes community pediatricians should be especially aware-anaphylaxis.

Epinephrine is essential for treating anaphylaxis in children, and autoinjectors are the preferred method for administering epinephrine in an anaphylactic emergency. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to the optimal dose for all children, so here is expert advice about how to choose what’s best for your patient.

Recommendations for the early introduction of peanut into children's diets might apply to other potential food allergens as well.

The American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) has updated its Allergy and Anaphylaxis Emergency Action Plan for the treatment of infants at risk for an allergic emergency.

Many parents and professionals have these misconceptions about allergies and other unusual findings.

Exposure to acid-suppressive medications or antibiotics in the first 6 months of life is associated with development of allergic disease, according to a retrospective study in more than 750,000 children from within 35 days of birth until aged at least 1 year.

The authors describe the case of a 2-year-old girl with severe persistent asthma whose disease management was complicated by this rare clinical diagnosis.

Abnormal pigmentation, nail dystrophy, and leukoplakia may signal dyskeratosis congenita.

Children with asthma living in single-parent homes were found 50% more likely to return to the hospital within 12 months than children living with 2 parents. What's the real underlying cause?

A 6-month-old boy with 1-week history of dry cough that worsened at night. He had been wheezing off and on for the past month and had visited the emergency department on one occasion.

A 4-year-old, previously healthy girl presented to a tertiary care children’s hospital emergency department (ED) with large, tense bullae involving up to 40% of her body surface area. The patient’s parents described a 12-day history of itchy, papulovesicular lesions that had progressed into large blisters.