The Allergology Clinic deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases caused by allergens. Allergens are substances pollen, dust, mold, animal hair, metals, mites that cause an allergic reaction.

The most common indications for a visit to an allergology specialist:

• watery eyes
• runny nose
• bouts of sneezing
• itching of the skin, nose
• rash
• shortness of breathv
• diarrhea

AVAILABLE TESTS

• food and inhalation skin prick tests
• chemical patch tests – list of allergens: http://www.alergolog.eu/seria/pol.html
• spirometry
• spirometry with a diastolic test
• blood serum tests: determination of specific IgE, determination of antibodies – total IgE, determination of antibodies – specific IgE, determination of specific antibodies on multi-allergen panels, i.e. a mixed panel, food panel, inhalation panel

Diagnostics and treatment of allergic diseases, including:

• bronchial asthma
• allergic rhinitis and conjunctivitis
• hives
• allergic rhinitis and conjunctivitis
• atopic dermatitis
• food allergy
• generalized allergic reactions
• angioedema
• COPD
• allergic sinusitis
• other forms of allergies

Allergy treatment methods

Immunotherapy – desensitization

Immunotherapy aims to achieve tolerance of the allergen to which the patient is allergic, and as a result eliminate or reduce allergic symptoms. It has a prophylactic effect – it inhibits the development of new allergies and the development of bronchial asthma.

The method consists in administering to the Patient small, gradually increasing doses of the modified allergen to which the person is allergic. Immunotherapy is the only, apart from complete elimination of the allergen, method of causal treatment of allergic diseases.

For your first visit to the allergologist, you should bring:

• previous medical records
• list of medications taken