Allergy testing can determine which substances your dog or cat is allergic to and allow immunotherapy, also
called hyposensitization.
Allergy testing can help you identify your pets environmental allergens, and you may even administer
hyposensitization injections to attempt to make your pet less reactive.
Some dogs are eventually able to go off all treatment and are no longer allergic after they have been
on hyposensitization long enough.
This might include weekly shampoo therapy, fish oil supplements, oral medications or
even hyposensitization therapy.
He may also benefit from immunotherapy which works by using gradually increasing doses of the offending allergens in order to
induce hyposensitization.
Once the doctor has ruled out other potential problems and treated any secondary skin or ear infections, therapy can be guided toward treating with prescription medications, and
using hyposensitization techniques which allow patients to slowly become «immune» to their allergies.
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.
Many pets with allergic skin disease benefit
from hyposensitization — using allergens to decrease the severity of the allergic reaction.
While flea allergies are relatively easily diagnosed with physical examination, and food allergies
through hyposensitization trials with prescription food products and dietary controls, environmental allergies are best diagnosed through blood testing, a service we provide with an allergist of greater than 40 years experience.
All the other medications are basically just itch relief;
only hyposensitization actually changes the immune system.
Desensitization (also referred to
as hyposensitization), or administering «allergy injections», involves injecting increasing doses of a diluted flea antigen over a prolonged period.
Treatment consists of various combinations
of hyposensitization, antihistamines, fatty acid supplements, corticosteroids, hypoallergenic diets, etc..
The only serum allergy test that is not ELISA / RAST, double - blinded research study has
shown hyposensitization results with Liquid Gold to be better than skin testing.
Theoretically,
hyposensitization stimulates the production of IgG, which subsequently attaches to the allergen, preventing IgE from attaching to this same allergen.
For severe cases of atopic dermatitis that don't respond well to treatment, allergy injections, (
called hyposensitization or allergen - specific immunotherapy) are another — albeit more expensive — option.
In 1918, Dr. Cooke suggested a mechanism of action for allergen injections as a «desensitization or
hyposensitization,» analogous to tolerance achieved in experimentalanaphylaxis induced in animals.
Allergy immunotherapy (also known as «desensitization,» «allergy vaccination,» or «
hyposensitization») is the process of administering injections to a pet in order to make them more tolerant of allergens.
With appropriate testing,
the hyposensitization injections have had good results in desensitizing your pet and reducing environmental allergy symptoms in many dogs.
These specialists perform these services through a combination of drugs,
hyposensitization therapies, surgery, and other treatment procedures.
Other names for allergy injections include desensitization,
hyposensitization, allergy vaccine, or allergen - specific immunotherapy.
Referral to a veterinary dermatologist is necessary for skin allergy testing and customized allergy serum (
hyposensitization) injections.
If clients will not consider allergy testing and
hyposensitization (allergy shots) we often use corticosteroids to control the itching and inflammation that leads to the ear infections.
Hyposensitization, more commonly known as allergy shots, is by far the treatment of choice for atopic dermatitis.
Hyposensitization, or immunotherapy, may also help certain dogs.
Another approach to allergy control is
hyposensitization (immunotherapy).
This is called «
hyposensitization» (using small amounts to reduce sensitivity).
Hyposensitization is an example of conventional medicine adopting principles of homeopathy.
The fifth major form of allergy treatment is
hyposensitization with specific antigen injections (or «allergy shots»).
Giving allergy shots is called
hyposensitization or immunotherapy.