Allergy

Check out our latest poll!

Check out our latest poll!

Address key factors and causes to ensure a proper diagnosis and treatment plan

Clinicians can offer patients both prescription and OTC options

Reducing inflammation and managing corneal microtrauma are new strategies

How Jimmie Johnson relieves his ocular allergies

Understand dry eye’s various factors and causes to get ahead of the treatment curve

Flip the eyelids to uncover the clinical features of allergic conjunctivitis

New drug from Gensight Biologics hits pipeline

Pollen, ragweed, grass, animal hair, and dander allergies targeted by new eyedrops

New devices will monitor health, enhance vision, and treat the eye

Allergy sufferers are more likely to develop ocular symptoms with scleral lens wear.

OSD treatments are rarely straightforward because of its complex, multifactorial nature.

A new age of highly customized therapeutic care is coming to the allergy treatment market.

Early and correct diagnosis of this congenital retinal vasculopathy vital to improve visual outcomes.

In the final part of her three-part series on cosmetic dangers, Tracy Schroeder-Swartz, OD, MS, FAAO, explains the importance of keeping patients informed of cosmetic dangers and how to properly report cosmetic problems.

Michael Cooper, OD, takes a look at how the Japanese treat allergic conjunctivitis to gain a different perspective on treatments. What he finds is that we aren't so different after all.

We asked industry experts for their top suggestions to colleagues on how to best manage allergy.

Inflammation may lead to heightened peripheral sensitization and stimulation through a developing concept in which neuroimmune cross-talk causes the confounding interplay of both signs and symptoms in dry eye and allergic disease.

As an allergy sufferer myself, I tend to pore over the journals and literature to learn what new exciting technologies may be on the horizon. When I came across epicutaneous immunotherapy (EPIT), my mind went in a multitude of different directions about the endless possibilities for both systemic and ocular allergy management.

In a poll fielded to Optometry Times and Ophthalmology Times readers, we asked both ODs and MDs what they used for first-line therapy for allergy patients.

Depending on where you live, spring is here-or at least on its way. It’s the time of year to thaw out along with the trees, grass, and flowers. With spring comes our promise to get ourselves into shape for the summer, and life gets busier with more outdoor activities for the whole family.

The major type 1 immunologic hypersensitivity reaction involving the conjunctiva is commonly referred to as allergic conjunctivitis.

It is a precarious position considering the desire to find the perfect remedy- yet with vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC), there is no magic bullet.

On the surface, eyecare providers may not fully appreciate the prevalence and complexity of ocular allergy and its clinical management; we learn that it is a relatively simple disease defined by ocular itch.