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When your child (or you) has food allergies, visits to a board-certified allergist become part of your annual routine.  Making sure you head into the appointment prepared can help you maximize your time with this important member of your food allergy management team. The following tips can help you get on the right track. Food Allergy Journal Your doctor will be using a combination of testing, a physical exam, and medical history to assess your child’s allergies. Being able to share any observed potential reactions or other experiences will be useful, whether this is your first visit or your hundredth....

One of the things allergy parents learn quickly is that there are a host of tips and tricks other allergy parents have mastered through their journey that can help you, too. From stickers to backpacks, these parents will happily share the products and ideas that make their MVP list! Sounds great, right? Before you track down a group veteran allergy parents and curate a list from scratch, try these: Stickers – Some households opt to make their kitchens free of the things their allergic family member(s) can’t eat. Others don’t. Your family will need to make the choice about which...

The weather is getting warmer. The days are getting longer. Schools are wrapping up their program year. Summer is here, and you have the burgeoning social calendar to prove it. There are barbecues and picnics and graduation celebrations, not to mention the assortment of birthday parties and family get-togethers. As fun as all this friend-and-family-time can be, there’s also a layer of stress for the food-allergic family. Will there be safe food? What if Great Aunt Edna decides to lavish hugs and kisses on my toddler after eating a slice of her famous cheesecake? How do I handle the disappointment...

Your child was just diagnosed with a food allergy, or maybe it was your child’s friend, or your sister, or maybe it’s you. Regardless, someone you care about has entered this world where the wrong thing on their plate could kill them. That’s scary, right? You’re going to want to help keep this special person safe, but where do you start? You’ll need to get a handle on a lot of information from how (and when) to use an autoinjector of epinephrine to what precautions this person needs to be safe out in the world. Yes, the volume of information...