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As primary care physicians (e.g. pediatricians, family medicine, and internists) and other sub-specialists please know that you are not alone in dealing with your patient’s food allergy concerns. We want to partner with you to provide the extra support your patient needs to improve their quality of life and find the solution to alleviate their worries toward food allergies.

What to Know:

It’s been clinically proven that early intervention to help improve food allergies can halt the rise of life-threatening symptoms.If your patient is displaying any of the following symptoms after ingesting food, refer them to us as soon as possible so we can work with you in their care:

Dysphagia
Abdominal Pain
Angioedema
Vomiting
Eczema
Anaphylaxis
Urticaria (e.g. hives)
Coughing, wheezing or shortness of breath
Failure to Thrive

Other examples of patient cases that may require specialized attention from our team include:

Infants and adolescents with food allergies who have not been introduced to early food introduction.

Patients with a variety of symptoms that have not been associated with a potential allergen yet.

Patients with worsening food allergy symptoms.

Why LA Food Allergy Institute?

Nearly 200,000 people require emergency medical care for allergic reactions to food every year. Our clinicians want to work with you to eradicate the fear and anxiety of potential emergency care that lies in the meals our patients should be enjoying. At LA Food Allergy Institute we take pride in solely focusing on improving individual food allergies. With years of experience helping children, adults, and families live better lives, we’ve refined our methods to provide care that is exclusive to each patient’s needs:

Personally Curated Plans:

We recognize that each food allergy is as unique as each patient. By holistically looking at every symptom, testing report, food challenge, and allergy progression, our doctors are able to create a treatment plan that fits and improves every patient’s lifestyle.Your patient may be a candidate for Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) which is a form of food allergy treatment that involves feeding an allergic individual with gradually increasing amounts of the target food allergen(s) over several months. The goal of this therapy is to raise the individual’s threshold that may trigger a reaction and provide them with protection against accidental ingestion of the allergen. This level of protection will improve the quality of life for both patients and their families by reducing the fear of accidental ingestion and life-threatening reactions.

Research-based Practices:

Many of our patients seek out our help only after they have exhausted every traditional allergy solution. By staying up-to-date with the most recent strides in allergy research, we implement research-based practices that help show improvement in even the most complicated cases. By implementing these solutions as early interventions, we’re able to make a significant impact in a patient’s allergy trajectory, preventing allergies from becoming worse.

Long-Term, Sustainable Care:

Especially for younger patients, the course of their allergies can change rapidly with age. Our providers are dedicated to following adolescent allergy progression, with more follow-up appointments, regular food challenges, and rigorous therapy schedules that will maintain a steady progression for improvement.