From spring pollen to summer ragweed, allergies can affect your mood, energy,
and overall quality of life. The familiar symptoms of recurrent cough
and runny nose are caused by inflammation when your body reacts to a harmless
irritant (such as pollen or dust) as if it were a dangerous microbe. The
inflammation is your body’s attempt to isolate and destroy the irritant.
For most people,
allergies are just a minor health issue. But in addition to affecting your energy
and mood, allergies can increase your risk of chronic
sinusitis,
asthma, and other health conditions.
Altru’s Allergy & Immunology specializes in preventing, diagnosing
and treating a wide range of immune-related conditions in both children
and adults. We’ll work with you to identify the cause, control your
symptoms, and reduce inflammatory triggers to improve your quality of life.
Respiratory inflammatory conditions, including
allergic rhinitis, asthma, and chronic sinusitis. Conditions that involve inflammation in
your nose, sinuses, or airway passages are treated by identifying and
avoiding triggers and controlling symptoms with medication. For persistent
allergy symptoms, we may recommend immunotherapy treatment.
Skin allergies including eczema (also known as atopic dermatitis), contact
dermatitis, and chronic hives with
angioedema. Most skin reactions are mild and can be treated with topical medications.
Other allergies, including food allergies and allergies to insect stings.
These allergies can be severe and may cause
anaphylaxis. We will help you to identify severe allergies and avoid triggers.
We also treat less common conditions including anaphylaxis, drug allergies
and immune deficiencies.
