Immunotherapy Services Offered atCorpus Christi Allergy, Asthma, and Dermatology Clinic
Immunotherapy can be used to treat a variety of conditions. At Corpus Christi Allergy, Asthma, and Dermatology Clinic, we provide immunotherapy in the form of allergy injections to lessen an individual’s allergic symptoms.
What is immunotherapy?
Immunotherapy is a series of periodic injections
with gradual increasing dose of specific allergens designed
to stimulate the body’s natural immunity, causing allergy
symptoms to diminish over time. This treatment decreases
the need to take a lot of medications for allergy symptoms.
For example, immunotherapy helps asthmatics by naturally
decreasing airway inflammation by decreasing inflammatory
response to things that trigger an asthma attack.
You may need allergy shots when you have the following:
1) Your allergy medications are not helping your allergy or asthma symptoms
2) You don’t want to take a lot of medications
3) You experience unusual side effects from taking allergy medications
4) It is difficult to avoid being exposed to things you are allergic to, probably due to lifestyle or occupational reasons
Benefits of allergy shots:
1) Decrease the frequency of upper respiratory illnesses including sinusitis and diseases of tonsils and adenoids
2) Decrease frequency of emergency room visits and hospitalization
3) Decrease use of medicines, avoiding side effects
4) Allergy shots activate the natural immune response, and make allergies, asthma and eczema better.
5) Allergy shots prevent asthma in children with nasal allergies
6) Allergy shots improve the quality of life of those suffering from allergies
Cost effectiveness of immunotherapy
In deciding what allergy treatment options will be the most beneficial as well as affordable to you, two things must be considered. First, if it’s possible or convenient to avoid known triggers of your asthma or allergies, you might wish to go this route. Second, if these triggers are unavoidable, we may recommend using measures plus immunotherapy, which gradually reduces the severity of the disease.
While avoiding or decreasing medication can result in initial monetary savings, your asthma or allergy symptoms may require such treatment. However, our qualified and knowledgeable medical staff can assist you in finding the best treatment, along with ways of affording it.
