Articles Featuring All Things Allergy, Autoimmunity, & Anti-inflammatory Living

One thing I get asked about A LOT from patients and my medical trainees (med students, residents, and fellows) is about the role of testing in the role of diagnosing allergies, autoimmunity, and other invisible illnesses. 

Testing can take several different forms from blood work to imaging studies ...

Jumping on the recent TikTok trend of medical professionals sharing the things they would never do given their knowledge and expertise, I am sharing the five things I would never do as a board-certified allergist-immunologist.

1. I would never rely on a Primatene mist inhaler to treat my asthma ...

In case you missed the last blog, this is the second blog in a series digging into my take on some of the functional medicine-type approaches. Click here to read it. 

In the first blog, I laid out my biases and disclosures.

Why is this important?

Because we are all human. Humans are biased.

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I had someone reach out asking for my thoughts and recommendations on a proposed treatment course by their functional medicine doc.  It is not uncommon that this happens in my clinical practice too. Perhaps, it's a bit of their inner knowing, that gut feeling, telling them to get a second (or third)...

I am happy to announce that I recently started my own YouTube Channel.

Why?

I want to be able to share my views, insights, and knowledge not only on the blog and podcast but also in video format!

The reality is that some topics are more suitable to video and I also needed to post a few videos to ...

Ugh fatigue.

This has been one of the most frustrating symptoms associated with my Systemic Sjogren’s.  In fact 96% of those of us with Systemic Sjogren’s report this as a significant symptom.

For anyone that has not experienced fatigue- it is not your run-of-the-mill “I am tired”…

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Recently, singer and musician Halsey shared her recent allergy testing results on TikTok along with the news of her recent diagnosis of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), and Sjogren’s Disease. Pictured were the telltale red welts we inflict day in and day out in all...

Navigating chronic illness can be extremely frustrating, time-consuming, and generally a big PIA. 

Finding a doctor that is a good fit, waiting for the appointment, the previsit anxiety. Afterward, fighting with insurance and the pharmacy over medication coverage, and then playing go-between trying...