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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
 Question
: From
what age onward can cutaneous tests be actieved ? (I
have been told that my four month old baby with eczema
can’t have tests). |
 Answer
: Cutaneous tests can be achieved as
soon as the first weeks of life. The allergist has
the means to know when it is possible by a test with
codeine. |
| Q
: Can vaccination originate
allergic diseases by my child ? (my baby has got eczema
just after being given BCG). |
| A
: NO. A vaccination may possibly increase
atopic dermatitis just as an infection would do, but
vaccinations are essential and primordial by children
in order to protect them against severe infections
diseases. |
| Q
: Is
air pollution responsible for the increase of allergic
diseases ? |
A
: The
role of air pollution in the increase of allergic diseases
has not been proved yet. But it is quite sure that
pollution increases allergic outward signs, especially
respiratory symptoms.
On the contrary, household pollution (inside home) and especially
addiction to smoking favour allergic diseases. |
| Q
: Can
stress be at the root of my child’s asthma ? |
| R
: Stress
may increase asthma, but it is not the cause of it. |
| Q
: What
is a groundnut ? |
| A
: It
is the same as peanut. Il also exists as peanut oil. |
| Q
: My
child is cured of his food allergies. May he have
a relapse ? |
| A
: It is rather a seldom case. Relapse
may occur by the very young child developping a viral
gastro-enterites. |
| Q
: From
what age onward is it possible to desensitize ? |
| A
: The
sublingual form allows desensilization to be undertaken
as soon as a child is able to understand (about 6 – 7
years old). |
| Q
: My
child suffers from eczema and my physician has perscribed
a cream containing corticosteroids. Is that cream
dangerous ? |
| A
: NO.
Corticosteroids make up the treatment of inflammatory
attacks of eczema. |
| Q
: Both
my husband and myself are atopic. What is the
risk for our future child ? |
| A
: Your
child has more than 50% risk to be atopic. If
there exists no atopy in previous family history,
there is a risk of 15% to be born atopic. |
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