Our faculty offers comprehensive evaluation and treatment of asthma and allergies (seasonal, perennial, stinging insect, food, fungal, drug, chemical) and respiratory, skin, and immunologic conditions.
Along with general clinics, UVA offers clinics in immune deficiency and eosinophilic esophagitis and a combined allergy and sinus clinic in conjunction with colleagues from other divisions.
In addition to providing comprehensive care for adult patients with the spectrum of allergic disorders and asthma our division has numerous specialized clinical initiatives and lab research interests...
With warmer outdoor temperatures, UVA Health's Dr. Timothy Kyin encourages spring allergy sufferers to prepare for the season now.
If you suffer from allergies this time of year, it's not too early to get ahead of your symptoms. Dr. Timothy Kyin, the medical director at the University of Virginia Health System's Division of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology, says since we've already had some warm days, now is the time to start taking allergy medication.
Dr. Jeffrey Wilson talks with The New York Times about Alpha-gal Syndrome, a meat allergy caused by a tick bite.
It begins as a tick bite and can be Devastating. And it’s spreading. The incidence of alpha-gal syndrome appears to be growing significantly. Patients who are bitten can develop a severe allergy to red meat, and a few have died.
Dr. Michael Nelson Provides Tips For Getting Ahead Of Allergies
Dr. Michael Nelson says the spring pollen season can start affecting those with allergies as early as late January, but the worst of it is just beginning. The most important thing is to get ahead of it and start your medication before your symptoms set in. Dr. Michael Nelson says the spring pollen season can start affecting those with allergies as early as late January, but the worst of it is just beginning.
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