Food Allergy Basics: Myths

August 10th, 2010 -- Posted in food allergies | No Comments »

Answers to common questions about food allergies, including the truth behind various food allergy myths? Topics include: 1) most common food allergies, 2) allergy shots for food allergies, 3) oral allergies, 4) children “growing out” of food allergies, 5) adults developing food allergies, and 6) food allergy vs. food intolerance. Dr. Karen DeMuth, Emory University, answers these and other questions.

Background
Dr. Karen DeMuth is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University. She is also a pediatric allergy specialist at Emory-Children’s Center.

Related Links

Allergies in Children (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta)
http://www.choa.org/default.aspx?id=6730

Karen DeMuth BSN, MD (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta)
http://www.choa.org/findadoctor/Details.aspx?phyid=D22R0ZCG4X

Duration : 0:6:20

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Nate coughing – heart defect – bronchomalacia

July 9th, 2010 -- Posted in kids with food allergies | 25 Comments »

for our doctors: a brief taping at the end of one of Nate’s coughing episodes to prove it was actually bad.
Finally determined: this is considered a mild ‘episodic croup’ attack beginning. It is caused from the aorta compressing the right-main-bronchus.. Starts and mimics something that is mistaken as an asthma attack. However, physiologically, it is nothing like asthma and asthma medications do nothing to improve his condition.

Duration : 0:3:25

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Food Allergy Basics: Allergy Versus Intolerance

June 23rd, 2010 -- Posted in allergies to food | No Comments »

What’s the difference between a food allergy and food intolerance? Dr. Karen DeMuth, Emory University, answers these and other questions.

Background
Dr. Karen DeMuth is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University. She is also a pediatric allergy specialist at Emory-Children’s Center.

Related Links

Allergies in Children (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta)
http://www.choa.org/default.aspx?id=6730

Karen DeMuth BSN, MD (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta)
http://www.choa.org/findadoctor/Details.aspx?phyid=D22R0ZCG4X

Duration : 0:3:1

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Food Allergy Basics: Treatment

June 20th, 2010 -- Posted in food allergies | No Comments »

What treatment is available for food allergies? If a person ingests a food they are allergy to, what is emergency treatment? What do parents have to do know about emergency treatment? Dr. Karen DeMuth, Emory University, answers these and other questions.

Background
Dr. Karen DeMuth is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University. She is also a pediatric allergy specialist at Emory-Children’s Center.

Related Links

Allergies in Children (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta)
http://www.choa.org/default.aspx?id=6730

Karen DeMuth BSN, MD (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta)
http://www.choa.org/findadoctor/Details.aspx?phyid=D22R0ZCG4X

Duration : 0:3:12

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Food Allergy Basics: Food Allergies and Their Symptoms

June 12th, 2010 -- Posted in Wheat, egg, peanut, milk | No Comments »

What are food allergies? What are typical symptoms? What is an exercise-induced allergy? Dr. Karen DeMuth, Emory University, answers these and other questions.

Background
Dr. Karen DeMuth is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University. She is also a pediatric allergy specialist at Emory-Children’s Center.

Related Links

Allergies in Children (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta)
http://www.choa.org/default.aspx?id=6730

Karen DeMuth BSN, MD (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta)
http://www.choa.org/findadoctor/Details.aspx?phyid=D22R0ZCG4X

Duration : 0:3:52

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Children and Food Allergies

March 11th, 2010 -- Posted in kids with food allergies | No Comments »

View more videos at: http://www.healthsciencechannel.com

HSC 228 – Many types of food can cause allergic reactions in middle childhood. The most common of these are cow’s milk and other dairy products, egg whites, poultry, seafood, wheat, nuts, soy and chocolate.

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Pediatric Food Allergies

March 1st, 2010 -- Posted in kids with food allergies | No Comments »

In this 5-minute interview Dr. Anupama Kewalramani, assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and a pediatric food allergy expert, discusses food allergies and food intolerance in children. She outlines the causes of food allergies and ways to test for them, including skin testing. She also discusses the comprehensive services the University of Maryland Hospital for Children offers to children with food allergies and their parents.

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Dr. Anupama Kewalramani
http://www.umm.edu/doctors/anupama__kewalramani.html
University of Maryland Hospital for Children
http://www.umm.edu/pediatrics/index.htm

UMMC Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy
http://www.umm.edu/pediatrics/ped-pulmonary.htm

Pediatric Food Allergies
http://www.umm.edu/pediatrics/food_allergies.htm
Distributed by Tubemogul.

Duration : 0:4:49

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Hopkins Children’s Food Allergy Research Includes Milk Challenges for Lauren

February 17th, 2010 -- Posted in kids with food allergies | No Comments »

Lauren suffers from a milk allergy but is part of ongoing research at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center to find new treatments and possibly a cure.

Duration : 0:4:14

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Food Allergies in Children

December 6th, 2009 -- Posted in kids with food allergies | 1 Comment »

Michael Marcus, MD .. http://www.TheDoctorsVideos.com .. Director Pediatric Allergy & Pulmonary -Maimonides Medical Center .. Fellowship:Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia .. Castle Connolly Top Doctor

Duration : 0:8:0

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Epipen and Food Allergies

December 2nd, 2009 -- Posted in food allergies | 3 Comments »

Michael Marcus, MD .. http://www.TheDoctorsVideos.com .. Director Pediatric Allergy and Pulmonary -Maimonides Medical Center .. Fellowship:Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia .. Castle Connolly Top Doctor

Duration : 0:5:1

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