Spring allergy season has proven to be one of the highest in recent years. It is unfortunate that many individuals are suffering, and even if you are not allergic the sheer quantity of pollen is annoying. “It is rough out there,” is what I hear every day. The typical... READ MORE

Allergic to Fido? Good news – you don’t have to give him up! Living with a pet or interacting with animals can create misery for individuals with allergies and asthma. Pets and animals like cats, dogs, ferrets, and even horses, cows, goats can fill our families’... READ MORE

Winter and spring allergies can be a big nuisance. Add in an infection only complicates matters. Allergies target the nose and sinuses – a huge nuisance because we need to breathe, talk, and eat with our mouth and throat. A sore throat that lasts a long time is miserable.... READ MORE

The Royals Take on their Toughest Opponent: Chickenpox Two Kansas City Royal players, Alex Rios and Kelvin Herrera, were taken out of the lineup because of a preventable childhood illness; Chickenpox, also known as Varicella. Chickenpox is contagious for 10 to 21 days after... READ MORE

With the mild winter and the warm weather that is predicted this spring, pollen counts may reach record highs. In the Midwest we typically see tree pollen in early March, followed by grass pollen in April. So this is a one-two punch. Pollen from trees often times affects the... READ MORE

It was a beautiful day nice and sunny at Shawnee Mission Park on September 27. Many parents,  grandparents, nieces, nephews, friends and  children walked to support FARE Allergy Walk. It was great to see so many people happy,  enjoying themselves dancing to the DJ,  laughing and... READ MORE

Kansas City is in the midst of a record-breaking allergy season. We noticed weed pollen in the air early this year. By the end of the first week of August, pollen was detected, setting up allergy sufferers for the wrath of ragweed. Ragweed pollen, as well as all plant pollen,... READ MORE

An allergy is based on the release of histamine. When you get a bug bite the bug injects something like histamine into your skin, you feel itchy. We have white blood cells all throughout our bodies, including our mouths, skin, eyes, noses, etc., and these white blood cells make... READ MORE

Picnics, barbecues, hot dogs at the baseball games… I ate too much! … And now I have heartburn. Commonly we think that reflux means heartburn – that you burp up food or you feel burning in your throat after eating. But the reality is that reflux has multiple... READ MORE

A gluten allergy is called celiac disease. The name implies that a person will have an inflammatory reaction to any gluten-containing product, such as wheat, rye, oat, and barley. It actually is not an allergy, since there’s no histamine release, but rather a severe... READ MORE