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Specialises in

• Paediatric immunology, infectious diseases & allergy

Offers

• Face-to-face consultations
• Video and telephone consultations

About me

I can help you if you have a child with egg, milk or nut allergy, or one of the increasing numbers of infants allergic to novel foods such as legumes and other weaning foods.

I can help with the increasing numbers of children developing hives or urticaria for no apparent reason, and the large number of infants with eczema that is difficult to control, or keeps coming back.

I offer out-patient consultations and allergy testing for all children from infants to teenagers. Many referred patients will have a history of suspected food allergy, e.g. cow's milk, egg, wheat or peanut/nut allergy. I offer a diagnostic service, utilising skin prick tests where required, identifying the allergens to avoid and often ruling out others, together with development of an individualised management plan for each child. Families receive detailed advice on allergen avoidance and in depth explanations of why their child has this condition and what can be done about it. I also recommend emergency medication, together with an emergency treatment plan and practical training for the family on how to use it e.g. adrenaline autoinjectors.
Referrals are also welcome for children who have had allergy for some time and may have grown out of it, as is often the case for egg and milk allergy, and occasionally peanut/nut allergy.

I would also be pleased to see children with allergic rhinoconjunctivitis (hayfever), urticaria and angioedema (spontaneous hives and swelling), or idiopathic anaphylaxis (severe allergic reactions where the cause is unknown).

Children with troublesome eczema and asthma can also benefit from an allergy opinion, often to rule out the role of allergy in these conditions, or to identity a culprit.

I have an active role in our national parent allergy organisation (BSACI) as past Chair of the Standards of Care Committee (Read more here: http://www.bsaci.org/about/standards-of-care). I recently led writing guideline documents for managing egg allergy. In 2012 I was appointed Chair of this committee and coordinated the writing of national guidelines on multiple topics, such as peanut, milk and penicillin allergy, and adrenaline auto-injector use.

I lecture frequently to undergraduates, primary and secondary care doctors and nurses and am a regular invited speaker at national and European allergy conferences.

Areas of interest

Eczema; Food Allergies; Hives; urticaria; Paediatric allergy; Food allergy and intolerance; Egg allergy; milk allergy; nut allergy; sesame allergy; legume allergy; pollen food syndrome; Comprehensive allergy testing including skin prick tests and blood tests; Investigating the role of allergy in asthma, eczema and food allergy; Anaphylaxis; Emergency allergy treatment plans; Immunotherapy; Allergic rhinitis or hayfever; Milk intolerance in infants and older children

Medical secretaries

• Carol Nolan
• carolnolan4@protonmail.com