Take a step toward managing your health: accurate allergy diagnosis, skin and laboratory tests, and individualized care for children and adults.
Take a step toward managing your health: accurate allergy diagnosis, skin and laboratory tests, and individualized care for children and adults.
An allergist is a doctor who specializes in identifying the causes of an atypical immune system reaction and developing a strategy for treating allergic diseases. At CSM Clinic in Kyiv, we apply the principles of evidence-based medicine, aiming not only to relieve symptoms but also to help manage the allergy. Our goal is to help patients improve their quality of life, regardless of the season or outside circumstances.
Allergy is a "many-faced" disease that can be disguised as a cold, skin problems, or digestive disorders. It is worth booking a consultation if you notice the following symptoms:
Specialists at CSM Clinic provide care for adults and children with the following conditions:
The success of therapy depends on accurately identifying the trigger: the allergen that provokes the reaction. CSM Clinic offers a full range of diagnostic services:
Treatment methods: in addition to symptomatic therapy (relieving acute conditions), we use allergen-specific immunotherapy (ASIT). This is a method that targets the cause rather than just the symptoms, gradually "training" the immune system not to react to the trigger.
About 3-5 days before the visit (if possible and if it does not pose a risk to your health), it is worth stopping antihistamines, because they can distort the results of skin tests. Also bring the results of previous examinations with you.
A dermatologist treats the skin manifestations of a disease. An allergist looks for the internal cause: the immune system malfunction that triggered the rash. An allergist works to identify and address the underlying cause (the trigger), not only the outward symptom.
It is not possible to change genetics completely, but ASIT may lead to long-term improvement, in which symptoms disappear or become minimal and the patient may be able to live a full life with little or no medication. Results vary from person to person.
The greatest threat comes from anaphylactic shock and angioedema (in particular, swelling of the larynx). These conditions develop very quickly (from medications, food, or insect stings) and require immediate medical attention.
Some types of food allergy in children can indeed go away with age (tolerance develops). However, respiratory allergies (to pollen, dust mites) usually do not go away on their own and, without treatment, can develop into asthma.