Etna Allergists
- 1 Board certified
Top Allergists in Etna, NY
1780 Hanshaw Rd
Ithaca, NY 14850
- Allergy & Immunology
- Allergy
- Allergy & Immunology - Clinical & Laboratory Immunology
- Internal Medicine
- 19 years experience
- 4 star hospital
- Board certified
- Completed fellowship
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 Etna, NY has a population of approximately 173 people. There is 1 allergist near Etna, which gives it a ratio of 1 allergist per 173 residents or a ratio of 1 allergist per 76 households. There are 76 households in Etna.
