Sentences with phrase «doses of that allergen»

You get one to two weekly shots to expose you to very small doses of the allergen, and the dose is gradually increased over about six months.

This is a treatment program where your pet is injected with small doses of the allergen they are having issues with and it is given over time in larger doses to keep the allergen from affecting the pet everyday.

Treatment for specific allergies may include progressive hyposensitization, in which your pet is exposed to small doses of an allergen over time, natural herbs and supplements or natural hydrocortisone.

Your dog is tested to identify what he's allergic to, and then he is given small doses of that allergen by injection on a regular basis.

Not exact matches

It is also important to consider that when the allergen is present in a particulate form, a lower level of co-mingling may still present a significant risk, especially when one or two particles (grains, beans, seeds etc.) may comprise an eliciting dose (Reference Dodose (Reference DoseDose).

In these cases, it may be possible to apply monitoring and analysis to assess the risk of a consumer being exposed to the minimum eliciting dose (Reference Dose) of the allerdose (Reference Dose) of the allerDose) of the allergen.

Using data from clinical food challenge studies, the VSEP has identified reference doses for the common food allergens at which 95 - 99 % of the allergic population are unlikely react (1,2).

Sometimes the immune system overreacts dangerously, as Richet and Protier discovered when the second dose of anemone allergen killed the dogs they were experimenting on.

Gradually, the allergen dose is increased until the patient can tolerate normal amounts of the food.

This involves getting shots of tiny amounts of the allergen in escalating doses, usually once a week, until you reach the maintenance phase, when you'll need one shot every month.

Patients receive small doses of a specific allergen (s)-- not enough to cause a full - blown allergic reaction, but enough to build up a tolerance.

Nettles contain complex natural antihistamines that are able to actually block the body's response to allergens, and rather than just relieve symptoms (which a dose of nettles can do), they can also help the body effectively fight the urge to have allergic reactions to those invisible triggers such as pollen.

Reactions can develop from small doses of triggering allergen.