Allergy and Asthma Insights Blog

11.01.2022 | Nicole A. Mezo, PA-C

What is it? Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES) is a non-IgE mediated food-induced allergy that affects the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.  The condition typically starts in infancy and can...

10.18.2022 | Heather Scott, PA-C

While visiting one of our locations, you might be scheduled to see one of our Advanced Practice Providers (APP), which is a team of Physician Assistants (PA) and Nurse...

09.28.2022 | Ross I. Palis, MD

Approximately 32 million people in the United States have food allergies, including 1 in 13 children (about 2 per classroom), and the prevalence of childhood food allergy has sharply...

08.02.2022 | Michael J. Flais, MD

The benefits of exercise are numerous and well known. Exercise can help with weight management, lower blood pressure, improve cardiac health, improve control of diabetes, lower the risk for certain...

04.12.2022 | Kelly Hersh, FNP-BC

Nose bleeds, or epistaxis in medical terms, are common, particularly in Colorado’s dry climate.  They occur most often in children between the ages of 2-10 and adults 45-65.  While...

03.23.2022 | Michael J. Flais, MD

Penicillin allergy is the most common medication allergy, affecting up to 20% of the population by adulthood. This is unfortunate because penicillin antibiotics have a number of advantages over...

02.03.2022 | Kara Crosby, DO

Exciting peanut oral immunotherapy (OIT) updates! Oral immunotherapy, or OIT, is a form of immunotherapy that involves taking small doses of an allergenic food daily. This process does not...

11.23.2021 | Ryan Buckley, MD

Exercise-induced bronchospasm (EIB; also called exercise-induced asthma) describes the onset of respiratory symptoms including shortness of breath, chest tightness and cough with exercise. These symptoms typically begin less than...

09.07.2021 | Monica B. Reddy, MD

Influenza, or the “flu”, is a contagious, respiratory viral illness that can infect the nose, lungs and affect multiple organs.  Symptoms of the flu can come on rapidly and...

08.11.2021 | Erin E. Kempe, DO

There is always a bit of angst around the start of school, particularly for parents and students who deal with food allergy and/or asthma. This year there may be...

07.15.2021 | Nicole Mezo, PA-C

Ever wondered how all of these food allergies tie together? We deal in this stuff everyday and we just find all of it so fascinating. Check out these interesting...

06.10.2021 | Charlotte Dickens

Did you know that Colorado Allergy & Asthma Centers© is the only certified pollen counter north of Colorado Springs? That’s right, we provide you with the pollen counts specific...