If your child suffers from allergies or other problems with his
immune system, a pediatric allergist/immunologist has special
skills to treat your child. Your child’s immune system fights
infections. If your child has allergies, her immune system
wrongly reacts to things that are usually harmless. Pet dander,
pollen, dust, mold spores, insect stings, food, and medications
are examples of such things. This reaction may cause her body to
respond with health problems such as asthma, hay fever, hives,
eczema (a rash), or a very severe and unusual reaction called
anaphylaxis. Sometimes, if your child’s immune system is not
working right, he may suffer from frequent, severe, and/or
uncommon infections. Examples of such infections are sinusitis
(inflammation of one or more of the sinuses), pneumonia
(infection of the lung), thrush (a fungus infection in the
mouth), and abscesses (collections of pus surrounded by inflamed
tissue) that keep coming back. A pediatric
allergist/immunologist finds and treats these allergi