• Prevalence of respiratory allergies to at least one aeroallergen in young adults in US is
  20 - 30%
• 80% of asthma in school age children has significant allergic component.
• Allergic factors play significant roles in up to 60% of adult asthmatics.
• 40% of chronic eczema has food allergy as a triggering factor.
• Identifying the offending allergen can help in avoidance which will decrease the need for medications and improve the quality of life.
• A spirometry done same time as office visit every 3 - 6 months helps in objective assessment of the airways. This will help in accurate decision of adjusting the medication dosing and in ruling out other etiologies like vocal cord dysfunction, obstruction, etc.
• Immunotherapy desensitizes an individual to the offending allergen, thereby reducing the need for medications and improving the quality of life.

Common conditions covered:

• Asthma: Allergic and Non allergic
• Allergic and non allergic rhinitis
• COPD with reversible component
• C/C sinusitis, recurrent otitis media with underlying allergic etiology
• Latex allergy
• C/C atopic dermatitis
• Food allergy / oral allergy syndrome
• Urticaria / angioedema / pruritis / dermatographism / urticarial vasculitis
• Bee sting allergy
• Anaphylaxis
• Recurrent infections including ear infections, sinus infections, pneumonia to rule out immune deficiency
• Eosinophilic esophagitis to rule out food allergy
• Egg allergy - influenza vaccine administration