Recent Allergy Posts

  • Centre of Excellence award for Allergy service

    May 14, 2021

    The Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology centre at UHB is officially world class after achieving prestigious international recognition. The West Midlands Allergy and Immunology service […]

  • Food allergy testing project awarded prestigious prize

    May 14, 2021

    Dr Kavitha Sooriyakumar was awarded the Barry Kay prize at the recent meeting of the British Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. She presented data […]

  • Staff prepared for Hay Fever

    June 29, 2018

                    About 30 staff attended a lunchtime drop-in hay fever clinic, delivered by the Allergy team during Allergy […]

Patient Perspective of living with an Immune Deficiency.

in Featured, Immunology

Heartlands patient talks about her journey to diagnosis, treatment and life after being informed you have an Immune deficiency.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2343398/Catch-bug-going-A-fresh-blood-answer.html

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PID UK Launch of New National Charity

in Featured, Immunology, Mixed

PIDUK_logo

PID UK is a new organisation created
in July 2013 to support individuals
and families in the UK with
primary immunodeficiencies.
Find out more about how you
can get involved.

Email: hello@piduk.org      Website: www.piduk.org

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Overcoming milk allergy

in Allergy, Featured

Milk allergy affects up to 8% of childen in the UK but new treatment can provide a ‘cure’ for some sufferers.  Dr Scott Hackett, Consultant Paediatrician in Allergy comments in a recent Daily Mail article here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2339247/How-buttered-toast-ice-cream-beat-milk-allergy.html

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Immunology Patient Day 29th September 2013

in Featured, Immunology

The next immunology patient for both adults and children (with parents) will be held at the Crown Plaza NEC, Birmingham

As in previous years this will include some lectures as well as breakout question and answer sessions. Refreshments including lunch will be provided. Also as before the highly successful creche will be available staffed by qualified paediatric nurses.

If you have any ideas or suggestions what you would like to see or be covered please contact us via the immunology email address:

bhs-tr.immunodeficiency@nhs.net

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New Tablet Treatment for Hay Fever Approved

in Allergy, Featured

A new treatment for patients with severe hay fever has been approved for use by the Allergy Centre.

Immunotherapy has been used for over 100 years to treat severe hay fever. This required a course of weekly and then monthly pollen injections given at the hospital over a 3-year period.

With the new hay fever tablet (called Grazax), a tablet of pollen extract taken daily simply dissolves under the tongue. This slowly alters the immune system so that it no longer reacts so strongly against grass pollen in the summer, and so hay fever symptoms are more easily controlled.

Immunotherapy is not suitable for everyone. You can read more about it on the Allergy UK website: http://www.allergyuk.org/the-management-of-allergy/immunotherapy

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Recent Immunology Posts

  • 1 in 3 still very worried about going out

    June 27, 2022

    During our recent Immunology patient webinar, we asked people how confident they felt about leaving the house since the start of the Covid pandemic. Our […]

  • Webinar for Immunology patients

    May 27, 2022

    We are hosting a Webinar for you to discuss your questions about the Immunodeficiency service (and of course about Covid) on the 8th June from […]

  • Psychology service for Immunology patients

    September 23, 2021

    We are delighted to welcome Nicola Wilson, our new Clinical Psychologist, to the Immunology team. Nicola will be available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the […]