The fact that there is research on probiotics playing a role in health should come as no surprise to anyone except for the average pediatrician. But this article goes WAY beyond anything I’ve touched on before. While this particular article is more of a review on the varied concepts of how the bacteria in our gut […]
Peyer’s patches are required for oral tolerance to proteins Oral tolerance is a method of treating certain diseases, most commonly allergies, by which a small amount of a substance that the patient is sensitive to is taken orally. This substance than is exposed to the immune system centered around the GI tract, and the immune […]
Antibiotic-Resistant Acne Vulgaris Becoming Problematic Whenever a patient comes into my office and health history reveals severe allergies, GI complaints, PMS complaints…I will always ask back to any long term antibiotic use as a child–pneumonia, ear infections or acne. This long term use of broad spectrum antibiotics is devastating to our normal flora. In this […]
Many Patients May Be Incorrectly Diagnosed With Allergies This author takes a group of patients who think that they have alleries and checks for IgE antibodies in response to certain allergens. According to his findings, patients who were found to not have IgE abnormalities must have been diagnosed incorrectly. I would have to note here […]
Electrodermal testing as effective as skin prick for diagnosing allergies? This is sort of funny to me. I consider skin prick tests just short of worthless (and painful!!). Skin prick tests check for classical IgE mediated allergies. Doesn’t even come anywhere near checking for IgG4 mediated allergies (the delayed onset type). Electrodermal testing looks more […]
