Treating Allergic Rhinitis During Pregnancy There are now several well-written reviews about managing allergic rhinitis during pregnancy. “Why should that be a special problem?” you may ask. Well, ANY time a woman who is growing a person inside of them is exposed to medications, there is the potential for harm to her fetus – that [...]
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This is the first in a series of articles about the human microbiome, how it affects our overall health, how it can become imbalanced, and what we can do about it. For a geek like me, this is incredibly interesting. Check it out: Our Microbiome: We humans like to think of ourselves as a distinct [...]
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As I promised last week, when I introduced food allergy expert Dr. Janice Joneja, the following is a transcript of my first interview with Dr. Jonega: This is the transcript (provided by www.castingwords.com) Interview with Dr. Joneja. Warning – this is over 3,000 words. Just listen to the Podcast of the Interview with Dr. Joneja. [...]
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Content Curation in Healthcare I am ambivalent about the internet as a resource for healthcare information. On the one hand, it is great to be empowered, to have the ability to find information for yourself about your condition, or for your child or family member. On the other hand, there is just SO MUCH trash [...]
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The following post is based on a Telephone Interview from 12/22/2011, on the topic of Amoebic Meningoencephalitis, with Robert W. Tolan, Jr., M. D., FAAP, FIDSA. You can read more about Dr. Tolan’s impressive credentials below. To summarize, Dr. Tolan is the real deal, and is perhaps the best-qualified person to answer my question: Will nasal [...]
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Many of my regular readers (big HUG) are also families that I see in my clinic. First, thank you for entrusting the care of your children to me. I see this as a great privilege, and a huge responsibility. And as a parent, I know how difficult it can be to put the health of [...]
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.Allergy Tests According to the Americam College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology: More than 50 Million people in the US have allergies Adults and children of any age can be tested Testing options include Skin tests, or Blood tests 2 types of skin tests: Drop of suspected allergen is scratched on the skin surface, usually [...]
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Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone The boogordoctor’s Gratitude List Thanksgiving Today is that annual Holiday for Americans when we lounge on the sofa, watch football, and eat our weight in foods that have nothing to do with the Pilgrims or being grateful. That’s okay. It is a wonderful Holiday tradition, and some of us are fortunate enough [...]
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This will be my last rant about the evils of bottled water. Maybe. We Americans pay for conveniences and extravagances like no other society. We spend $20 Billion – yes, BBBillion – on bottled water. Every year. The crazy thing is, there are more smartphones in use on the planet than there are people with [...]
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Reducing Epistaxis in Your Child: _______________________________________ _______________________________________ For More Reading – this Blog: This video: http://youtu.be/hgcSFXZez8k Nose bleeds – Epistaxis: How to Stop It, How to Prevent It, When to See the Doc Part 1 – Anatomy of Nose Bleeds: http://wp.me/pR4iB-S Part 2 – Nose Bleeds: What To Do? http://wp.me/pR4iB-W Part 3 – 8 Things [...]
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Pharyngeal Injuries in Children The scene: You find your little (3-year-old) girl sitting on the bathroom floor crying, holding a toothbrush that has some blood on the brush-end. Asking her older siblings what happened (yelling at them like a frantic drill-sergeant is more like it!) you discover that she was brushing her teeth while jumping [...]
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CAM for Children Many of us seek complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) remedies. But how many of us look to CAM remedies for our children? It was recently reported that nearly 12% of all children in the United States have used some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Based on the National Health Interview [...]
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.Your 3-year-old is “helping” his big sister (7 years old) clean her room. He finds a necklace of glass beads, and – of course – wonders whether they will fit into his nose. Because he is a little scientist, he performs an experiment, and voila – nasal foreign body. An object that does not belong [...]
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.This is an update from an article that I posted about a year ago, What to Look For in a Humidifier: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly. As we enter the cold and flu season, as the weather cools down and we turn up the heat at home, at school, and at work, nasal drying [...]
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Recent Ask The Expert articles by Dr. Kirstin Chiasson have reviewed Newborn Hearing Screening, and what it means if your baby “refers,” or doesn’t “pass” the newborn screen. Today I simply wanted to review some of the misconceptions that I hear about infant hearing loss, and provide some facts: Misconception #1: Parents can identify hearing [...]
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My baby failed the hearing screening so she is deaf, right? This Ask the Expert article is a follow up to “Screening Newborns for Hearing Loss,” by Dr. Kirstin Chiasson. See that original article for a description of the newborn screening process, and for her amazing credentials. Her follow up article, here, describes the next [...]
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.This is an update of a post on Allergy Drops, or Sub-Lingual Immuno-Therapy (SLIT) that I wrote over a year ago. Simply defined, SLIT is the use of Allergy DROPS placed under the tongue (hence the connection to the pic of Einstein sticking out his tongue) as an alternative to Allergy SHOTS (Sub-Cutaneous Immuno-Therapy, or [...]
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Allergic rhinitis – usually simply called “allergies” – is a chronic illness resulting in stuffy, runny nose, nasal congestion. Itchy, burning eyes and general low energy are often associated. Take a look at those couple of pollen grains and it’s easy to see why your eyes might itch. Ouch! You know all that, or you wouldn’t [...]
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.When Surgery to Treat Sinusitis is Needed. Part 2 When considering surgery for a child with chronic sinusitis … When all else fails … Last week I reviewed the first step in surgery to treat your child’s chronic sinusitis – adenoidectomy. We also talked about sinus centesis and new methods for identifying the bacteria that [...]
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When Your Child Absolutely MUST Have Sinus Surgery
Posted on 30. Jun, 2011 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
.When Surgery to Treat Sinusitis is Needed. Part 1 When considering surgery for a child with chronic sinusitis … Before even considering sinus surgery for a child, I insist that a strong, integrative holistic medical approach has been tried, and failed. All other options must have been exhausted. This includes doing daily sinus rinses. Really [...]
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When Your Allergic Rhinitis Is NOT Allergic
Posted on 16. Jun, 2011 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
Most of the readers of this blog site are familiar with the symptoms of rhinitis: Stuffy nose – nasal congestion Runny nose – “rhinorrhea” Phlegm in the throat – “post-nasal drip” Most of us make the assumption that these are signs of allergies – allergic rhinitis – that these symptoms result from an allergic reaction [...]
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