Des Moines Allergists
- 5 Board certified
- 1 Award winners
- 8 Reviews
- Average rating is 3.8 stars
- Average wait time is 6.3 minutes
Top Allergists in Des Moines, IA
1212 Pleasant St
Ste 109
Des Moines, IA 50309
- Allergy & Immunology
- Allergy
- Allergy & Immunology - Clinical & Laboratory Immunology
- Pediatrics
- 31 years experience
- Patients' Choice Award
- 4 star hospital
- Completed fellowship
5950 University Ave
Ste 250
West Des Moines, IA 50266
- Internal Medicine
- Critical Care Medicine
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Clinical & Laboratory Immunology
- Cardiology
- Nuclear Cardiology
- 15 years experience
- 4 star hospital
- Board certified
- Completed fellowship
1212 Pleasant St
Ste 110
Des Moines, IA 50309
- Allergy & Immunology
- Allergy
- Pediatrics
- 47 years experience
- 3 star hospital
1212 Pleasant St
Ste 110
Des Moines, IA 50309
- Allergy & Immunology
- Allergy
- Allergy & Immunology - Clinical & Laboratory Immunology
- Pediatrics
- 8 years experience
- 4 star hospital
- Board certified
- Completed fellowship
1212 Pleasant St
Ste 110
Des Moines, IA 50309
- Allergy & Immunology
- Allergy
- Allergy & Immunology - Clinical & Laboratory Immunology
- Pediatrics
- 23 years experience
- Rated 4 stars by patients
- 4 star hospital
- Board certified
An allergy & immunology specialist is a physician who is specially trained in matters pertaining to chronic and acute allergies as well as deficiencies of the immune system. The doctor will determine whether an allergy, which attacks a person'simmune system, is present and determine the cause, whether it be environmental triggers like trees and pollen, food-borne like peanuts and dairy, the venom of insects like bees, or a medication like penicillin.
In addition to determining the allergen causing an immunological response in a patient, the specialist will treat the symptoms caused by the reaction.
Some of the allergen-caused conditions that an allergy & immunology specialist will treat include:
- itchy, red eyes
- itchy, runny nose
- eczema
- hay fever
- hives
- asthma
- anaphylaxis (severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction)
The area of Des Moines, IA has a population of approximately 212,318 people. There are 5 allergists near Des Moines, which gives it a ratio of 1 allergist per 42,464 residents or a ratio of 1 allergist per 16,878 households. There are 84,389 households in Des Moines.
