WHAT IS IMMUNOTHERAPY?

Allergy Immunotherapy is a clinically documented treatment that considerably reduces, or completely removes your allergy symptoms and the need for traditional, symptom relieving medication. Until your immune system has had time to adjust, you may still need the medication you are already using. After three to six months, your need for drugs may decrease and your symptoms may become less severe. An additional effect of immunotherapy is that it may prevent the onset of other allergies and the development of asthma. Studies have shown that children who were at an increased risk of developing asthma were able to resist the onset of asthma and see their existing symptoms decrease after completing treatment.

SKIN TEST

A skin test involves a gentle prick with a drop of allergen extract on the surface of your arm. This method may result in mild swelling and a reddening of the skin, which tells the doctor that you have an allergy. For most patients this method requires about 30 minutes and is not painful.

HOW DOES IMMUNOTHERAPY WORK?

During the treatment, the immune system is gradually desensitized through injections of small doses of specific allergenic proteins extracted from natural allergen sources: pollens (grass, trees, etc.), house dust mites, animals, insects and more. You eventually grow accustomed to the allergens that normally caused an allergic reaction.

Among the wide variety of treatment possibilities available today, Allergy immunotherapy is the only treatment that targets the cause of allergy and alters the natural cause of the disease which, for many patients: