It will happen. We are all human and forget even the most important things in life. So, what happens when you find yourself at a party without your Epipen? The answer …How far are you from home, or where you left your Epipen? What is an EpiPen? If you are close to home, just head [...]
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Julian has the egg allergy, so what we have been doing in the past is just make sure he is taking enough Vitamin D supplements…They have always worked. He has never had the Flu. Last year his Allergist wanted him to get the Flu shot, so this year we had him get it too because [...]
Dr. Oz and his team of experts suggest these tips to help to protect you from the H1N1 virus Get Vaccinated The National Institutes of Health and manufacturers under contract with Health and Human Services are working to get an H1N1 vaccine ready for widespread use in time to protect against the mid-winter peak. In [...]
When you have an allergic kid, you are always on your toes. I found out Julian had an allergic reaction to something. I went home his dad had given him Benadryl. The swelling had gone down, the mystery still remains. What did he react to, no one knows. His dad said they were out today, [...]
September 23, 2009 I went to Afghanistan and all I got was H1N1 Posted: 09:51 AM ET By Dr. Sanjay Gupta CNN Chief Medical Correspondent It started as a cough. It wasn’t the kind of cough where something is temporarily stuck in your throat. It wasn’t the kind of cough where simply clearing your throat [...]
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Absolutely! I did it for 25 months. It is not easy, but it can be done. I found out right from the get go Julian had food allergies. I know some people get only 1 food or 2 and you are in panic and throw in the towel. Try 6 foods.. and the main ones [...]
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If you have severe egg allergy then you cannot get the flu vaccine….why? All flu vaccines are made by growing the flu virus particles in chicken eggs before treating them in a way to kill (inactivate) or weaken the viruses. The flu shots contain tiny amounts of the egg protein, and how much is contained in every shot, [...]
There is a mom that wrote to me actually, saying that she had to quit her job to stay home with her baby due to food allergies. She is just an example of what many families are going through when dealing with kids with extreme food allergies. If your child is getting many exposures at [...]
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(Thu, Jan 29, 2009 (HealthDay News) — St. Louis is now the 2009 “Asthma Capital of the United States,” according to the Allergy and Asthma Foundation of America’s annual ranking of the 100 most challenging places to live for people with the respiratory disorder. Ranked ninth in 2008, St. Louis went to the top of [...]
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Summer is now over, we have started Julian now on his asthma control medicine, Flovent. We give him 2x a day, morning and night. He was diagnosed with asthma his first year. When we do get to the cold season, i cringe.. winter for us is hard on Julian. Last year was a good year [...]
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