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While medications can treat the symptoms of allergy, immunotherapy can decrease and resolve the allergy. Through a series of small shots your body develops tolerance to the allergens that stimulate your allergic symptoms. Testing shows the allergens to be included in your shots. And after a year of regular shots (typically once a week), the allergy symptoms are often gone. The shot frequency reduces over the next years. Long-term loss of the allergy is the goal.

Allergy immunuotherapy for pollen, animal dander, mold and stinging insects are recommended. Food allergy is not treated with allergy shots at this time. Allergy shots are started at around age seven and can be for any age adult. The shots must be given under the supervision of a physician. Allergic reactions after a shot must be identified and treated. Severe reactions are rare. Shot reactions are avoided by careful monitoring of early signs of reactions and encouragement of regular visits for allergy shots.

Successful resolution of allergy with allergy shots can free you from allergic- triggered symptoms. Eczema, asthma is easier to control and medication cost is substantially reduced.