Dr. Stephen Kimura
Allergy and Immunology
Pensacola, FL
37 years experience
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Allergy and Immunology
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Allergy and Immunology 37 years experience
A reaction: This is your body reacting to what it determines is a foreign protein in your body. Everybody is "programmed" to react to different things or sometim... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Better control: Asthma is inflammation and bronchospasm (as well as mucus production) so a product that treats inflammation and one that treats the muscle spasm addre... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Avoidance: Obviously avoidance if possible. Fleas and other insects cause a rash called papular urticaria. This can be quite uncomfortable with itching and ras... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Timing: Antihistamines work by blocking histamine receptors in your body. If the receptors are all full of histamine already (reaction has occurred), then th... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Nickel: Nickel allergy is one of the most common substances. It is found in costume jewelry, eyeglass frames, snaps etc. Another group of allergens are the ... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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It may not be.: You may be just more symptomatic in that area. There may be other symptoms you are not aware of. Itchy eyes, throat and palate? Itchy skin. Post n... Read More
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A 28-year-old member asked:
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Yes: If you mean inhaled nasal steroids, yes. They are probably the best and most effective way of treating allergic rhinitis. I use them first line and ... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Classic symptoms: Try not to run into one as you might get bruises and cuts and scrapes...Haha. Seriously typical allergy symptoms are common. Runny nose, congestion,... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Allergy and Immunology 37 years experience
Yes: I have seen new venom allergies in all ages. It often has to do with exposure to the stinging insect and development of antibodies that cause the rea... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Possibly: If it is truly the guinea pig that you are allergic to, you can consider doing allergy injections to decrease your symptoms. I usually don't do this ... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Allergy and Immunology 37 years experience
Yes: Allergy shots are safe during pregnancy as long as you are at a maintenance dose or the dosage is held stable until delivery. The concern is about a ... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Allergy and Immunology 37 years experience
Stop taking it.: The half life of Allegra (fexofenadine) is 14.5 hours in normal individuals. It is metabolized mainly through the liver and GI tract so if you have l... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Lung testing.: Asthma involves inflammation, muscle spasm and mucus production in the airways. It is diagnosed by history, physical exam, and lung function testing. ... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Maybe: Allegra (fexofenadine) is metabolized mainly through the liver so the dosage will need to be adjusted. It will depend on how severe the liver disease... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Once a day: I believe you are referring to one of the generic Cetirizine products. There are so many names for this medication depending on the store where you p... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Collect, microscope.: Pollen counting involves collecting the pollens and molds on specialized rods, or in special traps. These counters measure a set volume of air over a ... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Benadry is the brand name for diphenhydramine, an antihistamine. Pseudoephedrine is a decongestant. So definitely a different medication.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Saline rinses: Amazingly just plain salt water can be very effective in relieving stuffy noses. Available otc as a spray or as a wash, which can be very helpful. Y... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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1-2 puffs each side.: In kids from 4-12 typically 1 puff, each side, daily is given. In adults you can go up to 2 puffs each side, daily, but when allergies improve, you c... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Low allergenic food: Since most foods can cause an allergic reaction, we try to limit diets to as low an allergenic potential as possible. In the most extreme cases this ... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Depends: How big an overdose? If its just a few extra sprays a few times, likely nothing will happen. If it is many sprays a day over months or years, you ru... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Allergy and Immunology 37 years experience
Dust mask: I would look into a high quality dust mask or even invest in a respirator if you work regularly with wood. I would also wear goggles or safety glasse... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Allergy and Immunology 37 years experience
Desensitization: Allergy shots involve giving small amounts of the allergen in slowly increasing doses. This induces "immunity" to the different allergens. So if you... Read More
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A 23-year-old member asked:
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Allergy and Immunology 37 years experience
Immunotherapy: Immunotherapy involves giving an allergic person, small doses of what they are allergic to. The dose is slowly increased so that the individual becom... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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May be ineffective: It is unlikely that anything bad will happen except it may not work as well as a new epi-pen. There is a window to check the clarity of the medicatio... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Great question!: We know that genetics play a part. Allergic parents tend to have allergic kids. Exposure to the food allergen is controversial. It appears that ear... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Allergy and Immunology 37 years experience
Depends: If the air filter circulates the air in a room enough times it can help. You need a filter that will move enough air in the room to adequately filter... Read More
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Probably: This certainly sounds like an allergic reaction to something and unless you are continuing to be exposed, it should improve. Are there new things in ... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Possibly: However, if it is truly a feeling of throat tightness and swelling this is a medical emergency and needs immediate attention. Often people with aller... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Possibly: If you are deficient and symptomatic (recurrent infections), they can possibly help your body fight infections better. Just because you have an igg d... Read More
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A 52-year-old member asked:
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Allergy and Immunology 37 years experience
Possibly: It is really not the snow that will affect the child, but the cold temperature. Inhaling cold, dry air can be a trigger for many asthmatics.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Yes.: Yes, however the otc nasal decongestants can cause problems if used continuously. They cause what is termed, "rebound". People get used to the deconge... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Category A , B drugs: Nobody wants to do any studies on pregnant women, so there is little data on newer allergy medications in humans. Category b means that animal studie... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Moisturizers: Keeping the skin well hydrated can help. After bathing only drip dry, and then moisturize the skin well. Crisco shortening can be used to seal in th... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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A level of pollen: The pollen counts you see are done by collecting pollen on special equipment, staining the pollen, and manually calculating the number of different po... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Cool compresses: A damp washcloth over your eyes a few times a day can be very effective in relieving the swelling due to allergic rhinitis. The nasal steroid sprays,... Read More
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A 52-year-old member asked:
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Allergy and Immunology 37 years experience
Allergies: Alavert, also known as loratidine, is used to treat allergies or allergic reactions. It is a newer antihistamine.
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A 27-year-old member asked:
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Crosses into brain: There is a blood:brain barrier and medications can cross through this barrier to cause people to feel "hungover". People complain of feeling drowsy o... Read More
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A 50-year-old member asked:
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24 hours: Alavert is approved as a once daily antihistamine.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Metabolite: Clarinex (desloratadine) is des-loratadine and Claritin is loratadine. Clarinex (desloratadine) is the active metabolite of claritn. So (according t... Read More
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Don't use at all!: The fda has reported cases of anosmia (loss of sense of smell) with the use of zicam.
So i would recommend not using them at all.
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Possibly help.: According to the clear eyes website they have 12 different types of eye drops. Some appear to be just a moisturizing drop. I would avoid regular use... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Allergy and Immunology 37 years experience
History: History of symptoms tends to be very important in children. Cough with exertion, laughing or crying, cough with uris, wheezing, or cough at night, al... Read More
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Allergy and Immunology 37 years experience
Delayed reaction: If it is truly a pollen allergy and you have high exposure through the day, you may be experiencing a delayed reaction to the earlier exposure. This ... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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Allergy and Immunology 37 years experience
Tiny amounts!: If you are truly food allergic, minute amounts of a food protein can cause a serious reaction. That is why some airlines quit serving peanuts because... Read More
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Allergy and Immunology 37 years experience
Yes: Yes, blood can be sent to test for allergies, however the "gold standard" is allergy skin testing. This identifies the important allergens in your are... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Allergy and Immunology 37 years experience
CT, rhinoscopy: Chronic sinusitis can be caused by anatomically defects, which cause the sinuses to become infected. This can include, narrow drainage areas, septal d... Read More
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Allergy and Immunology 37 years experience
Controversial: Some recent studies are suggesting that there is not much that can be done about environmental control for dust mites. I usually recommend washing be... Read More
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Allergy and Immunology 37 years experience
Yes: But bee and wasp venom is different so because you reacted to one does not mean you will react to the other. You can however develop allergies to was... Read More
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Allergy and Immunology 37 years experience
Sedation: One of the most common side effects of an older antihistamine like Hydroxyzine is drowsiness. This can often be a problem as sometimes people are fee... Read More
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Infound this interesting because I do not have any allergies and I don't think my children's father.
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thank you. I will go ahead and get them.
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Thanks for your quick reply! I never thought that can be genetic
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