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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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