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Allergy Medicine and Immunology

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Allergy Medicine and Immunology

Allergy Medicine and Immunology is a branch of medicine that deals with allergies and immune system disorders. Allergic disorders include respiratory tract-related conditions such as asthma, skin-related conditions such as atopic or contact dermatitis and systemic disorders such as anaphylaxis. The immune system consists of cells, tissues, and organs such as the spleen, tonsils, lymph nodes and bone marrow, that work together to protect the body from infection. Autoimmune diseases and immunodeficiency disorders are two main categories of immune system diseases.

An Allergist – Immunologist is a medical doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of allergic and immune system disorders.

Why AIMIS Clinics?

The First Multidisciplinary Outpatient Clinic in Cyprus offering a “patient centeredness” multidisciplinary approach to healthcare where our patients can receive, as needed, a comprehensive evaluation and consensus medical opinion from several and relevant leading medical experts.

Our team of experts, as per the American Standards and Practices, review, discuss and evaluate the test results, diagnosis and design a treatment plan with the most appropriate specialist doctor, addressing each individual patient’s needs accordingly. Moreover, a second expert opinion can further be obtained, if required.

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Types of Common Conditions we treat:

  • Allergic rhinitis: swelling and inflammation of nasal passages, congestion, sneezing, and itchy, watery eyes caused by a variety of outdoor and indoor allergens.
  • Allergic conjunctivitis: also called pink eye, is an inflammation of the conjunctiva, the tissue on the inside of the eyelid that keeps the eyeball and eyelid moist. This allergy type can be triggered by contact with various allergens or substances such as shampoo, cosmetics, dirt, smoke and pool chlorine.
  • Asthma: inflammation of the lungs and airways and constriction of the bronchial tubes are triggered by variety of allergens, and results in symptoms including wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath and coughing.
  • Bee sting or other insect allergy (insect venom allergy): a dangerous allergic reaction, especially for people who are severely allergic to bee stings. Symptoms typically include swelling and inflammation around the site of the sting, and in severe cases, an anaphylactic reaction that involves the entire body
  • Eczema: is a very common form of dermatitis and often a lifelong condition in people who are hypersensitive to a wide range of skin irritations. Symptoms include dry, scaly skin appearing on red, inflamed areas; which are normally associated with extreme itchiness, and a burning sensation.
  • Food allergies: After consumption of specific foods an allergic reaction may trigger in in some people, sudden or prolonged onset of symptoms (making it harder to detect) can include a rash, vomiting and diarrhea, coughing, wheezing, facial swelling, hives amongst others. Food intolerances, such as lactose intolerance, are also common, but they are not considered allergies because they do not involve an allergic reaction
  • Sinusitis: is an infection of the sinuses sometimes related to or caused by allergic rhinitis or asthma. However, at least half of all chronic sinusitis is not caused by allergies.

occur when the immune system of the body responds to its own tissues as if they were foreign.

  • Rheumatoid arthritis: a condition where the immune system produces antibodies that attach to the linings of joints. Immune system cells then attack the joints, causing inflammation, swelling, and pain.
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus: a condition where People with lupus develop autoimmune antibodies that can attach to tissues throughout the body. The joints, lungs, blood cells, nerves, and kidneys are commonly affected in lupus.
  • Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): a condition where yhe immune system attacks the lining of the intestines, causing episodes of diarrhea, rectal bleeding, urgent bowel movements, abdominal pain, fever, and weight loss.
  • Multiple sclerosis (MS): The immune system attacks nerve cells, causing symptoms that can include pain, blindness, weakness, poor coordination, and muscle spasms.
  • Type 1 diabetes mellitus:  a condition where Immune system antibodies attack and destroy insulin-producing cells in the pancreas.
  • Guillain-Barre syndrome: a condition where the immune system attacks the nerves controlling muscles in the legs and sometimes the arms and upper body.
  • Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: Similar to Guillian-Barre, a condition where the immune system also attacks the nerves in CIDP, but symptoms last much longer.
  • Psoriasis: In psoriasis, overactive immune system blood cells called T-cells collect in the skin. The immune system activity stimulates skin cells to reproduce rapidly, producing silvery, scaly plaques on the skin.
  • Graves’ disease: a condition where the immune system produces antibodies that stimulate the thyroid gland to release excess amounts of thyroid hormone into the blood (hyperthyroidism).
  • Hashimoto’s thyroiditis: a condition where antibodies produced by the immune system attack the thyroid gland, slowly destroying the cells that produce thyroid hormone.
  • Myasthenia gravis: a condition where antibodies bind to nerves and make them unable to stimulate muscles properly.
  • Vasculitis: a condition where the immune system attacks and damages blood vessels in this group of autoimmune diseases.

a condition where failure of the immune system results in an inability to protect the body adequately from infection (immune system fail to provide an adequate response).

Examples include chronic granulomatous disease and primary immune diseases;

AIDS is a well-known condition that affects the immune system itself an immunodeficiency characterized by the suppression of CD4+ (“helper”) T cells, dendritic cells and macrophages by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

Our treatments are tailor-made to care for the specific needs of each individual patient. At AIMIS Clinics, we are committed to offering a more effective, patient-centered, whole-person multidisciplinary care.

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