Resources

Sublingual Immunotherapy (SLIT)

Welcome to the second issue of Treatments and Therapies. In our first issue we brought you an inside look into Oral Immunotherapy (OIT), and in this issue we are exploring Sublingual Immunotherapy—commonly referred to as SLIT. Spokin had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Mary Morris, a renowned SLIT specialist from Allergy Associates of La Crosse. Dr. Mary eplains SLIT treatment and provides insight on the clinic's unique treatment, The La Crosse Method™ Protocol. We also hear from Spokin users, Karin Teglia and Eun Lee, who share their children's first-hand experience with SLIT.  

Specific IgE Blood Based Allergy Testing

As food allergy parents we become experts at everything from label reading to interpreting a cough. But even the most experienced have questions on the widely used IgE blood tests. So we went directly to the company whose ImmunoCAP lab tests represent the gold standard in specific-IgE blood testing globally, Thermo Fisher Scientific. This feature answers the most commonly (and not so commonly) asked questions from the food allergy community — 42 in total — including a special deep dive on component tests. An additional resource is their recently launched educational site, AllergyInsider.