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Dr. Cano is a Board Certified Allergy Immunology specialist and sees adult and pediatric patients. An allergist/immunologist is a physician specially trained to manage and treat diseases such as asthma, allergic rhinitis, food allergies, immune deficiencies, drug allergies, and urticaria. Allergist / Immunologists complete an additional two years of training or fellowship after a pediatric or internal medicine residency prior to becoming eligible to be Board Certified in allergy and immunology.
The allergy physician generally diagnoses allergic problems by taking a detailed history, followed by a pertinent physical exam. Allergy testing is performed using the most advanced techniques such as prick and intradermal testing. The prick testing performed first is painless and very well tolerated by younger patients. “Virtually anybody can be tested at any age as long as we search for the appropriate allergen. For example, a six month old child will not be expected to be allergic to grasses but food allergies are a very common problem in this age group.”
“In our office we have a team approach to our patients, my staff is composed of experienced registered nurses with different areas of specialization.” Cano explained. “We have a nurse that specializes in asthma, another that specializes in food allergies, another in dermatologic problems, and another in allergy immunotherapy (shots). We feel that it is very important to educate our patients to be able to manage their own care.”
“We are experiencing an allergy epidemic in the world. This is due to a multitude of reasons, such as the fact that we spend an average of 23 hours indoors in homes or buildings that are not properly ventilated. Increasing levels of air pollution in larger cities are contributing to the worsening of patients with respiratory diseases especially asthma. There has been an increase in the prevalence of food allergies in part because of food processing changing the allergic properties of many foods therefore making them more allergenic.”
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