Patient Education

The following web sites are good resources for information about allergies, asthma, sinus disease and immunodeficiency.


  1. Immune Deficiency Foundation

Allergy

  1. Mayo Clinic Allergy Center
  2. Search Allergic Conditions (AAAAI)
  3. House Dust Allergy (ACAAI)

Allergy Shots (Immunotherapy)

  1. Allergen Immunotherapy: You Can Have a Life Without Allergies (ACAAI)
  2. Immunotherapy (allergy shots) (AAAAI)
  3. Immunotherapy Fact Sheet: Efficacy and Safety (ACAAI)

Allergy Testing

  1. What is allergy testing? (AAAAI)

Anaphylaxis

  1. MedicAlert
  2. What is anaphylaxis? (AAAAI)
  3. What is Anaphylaxis? (AAAAI)

Animal Allergy

  1. Pet Allergy (ACAAI)

Asthma

  1. National Asthma Education and Prevention Program
  2. Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
  3. American Lung Association
  4. Mayo Clinic Asthma Center
  5. Exercise-induced asthma (AAAAI)
  6. Pedipress - The Nation's Leading Asthma Publisher

Asthma and Allergy

  1. Asthma and Allergy Network Mothers of America
  2. American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology
  3. American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology
  4. National Jewish Medical and Research Center
  5. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease
  6. Asthma and allergy medications (AAAAI)

Eczema

  1. National Eczema Association

Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis

  1. Foods for food allergic patients
  2. Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network
  3. Celiac Disease Foundation
  4. Inflammatory Skin Disease Institute
  5. Food Allergy Initiative

General Medical Information

  1. Harvard Medical School Consumer Health Information
  2. Medical News (Reuters Health)

Hives (Urticaria)

  1. Hives (ACAAI)

Immunizations

  1. Immunizations
  2. Pneumococcal Vaccine: What You Need To Know (CDC) Food Allergy
  3. Influenza Vaccine Information (CDC)

Insect Allergy

  1. Facts on Stinging Insects (ACAAI)
  2. Facts on Stinging Insects (ACAAI)
  3. Stinging Insect Allergy (AAAAI)

Latex Allergy

  1. American Latex Allergy Association
  2. Guidelines for the Management of Latex Allergies

Pollen

  1. Pollen Counts/National Allergy Bureau
  2. National Allergy Bureau

Rhinitis

  1. Rhinitis (AAAAI)

Sinusitis

  1. Sinusitis: Fact Sheet (NIAID)

Smoking

  1. Smoking Cessation
  2. Questions and Answers About the Benefits of Smoking Cessation (NCI)
  3. Nicotine Anonymous World Services

Steroids

  1. Corticosteroids (NJMRC)
  2. American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
  3. American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
  4. Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network