East/West Acupuncture and Wellness Center
Scottsdale, Arizona
Dasha Trebichavska, L.Ac.,RN, M.S.
Available Modalities
Acupuncture Herbal Medicine Nutritional Support Chi Nei Tsang Homeopathy Photonic Therapy
East/West Acupuncture and Wellness CenterScottsdale, ArizonaDasha Trebichavska, L.Ac.,RN, M.S.
Available ModalitiesAcupuncture Herbal Medicine Nutritional Support Chi Nei Tsang Homeopathy Photonic Therapy
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Allergy and Asthma TherapiesStatistics in the United States on allergies and allergy-induced asthma are alarming. Pollen allergy is one of the most common chronic diseases in the United States, affecting about 10% of the population. See the statistical report on asthma and various allergies provided by the National Institute of Health. There are food, environmental, drug, and contact allergies. The allergic signs range from sneezing, runny nose, heavy breathing, excess mucous production, itching, headaches, and skin conditions to low energy, pain, diarrhea, increased perspiration, belching, bloating, and so on. Allergies typically get worse as we get older. The neuro-humoral pathways are more sensitive to change, and the body's detoxifying mechanisms work less efficiently in our increasingly polluted world. Many times genetic predispositions play a role in how early in life allergies will occur and how severe they will become. Many people may not even know that they have allergies. In my private practice, I have noticed the following issues being very common in allergy and asthma sufferers: high level of stress, malnutrition (lack of enzymes, amino acids, fatty acids), immune system dysfunction (thyroid, adrenal, pancreas imbalances), liver metabolism and lymphatic filtration impairment. The best approach to treating chronic conditions such as allergies and asthma is a combination of therapies such as: NAET and/or Bioset desensitization, liver detoxification and immune system boost with herbs and nutritional supplements, lymphatic stimulation and learning stress control.
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 | Asthma was diagnosed more often than any other illness of 468,000 U.S. hospital admissions in 1993.[1,3] The estimate for 1998 has risen to 17 million. |
| In the United States in 1994, asthma affected an estimated 4.8 million children (under age 18) out of an estimated 68 million children. Asthmatic youngsters under age 15 were hospitalized 159,000 times in 1993, and stayed 3.4 days on average.[1,3] |
| Overall, asthma treatment cost an estimated $6.2 billion in 1990; 43% of that total cost was associated with emergency room use, hospitalization, and death. Loss of school days, alone, caused decreased productivity that cost an estimated $1 billion.[8] |
| Estimates from a skin test survey suggest that allergies affect more than 50 million people in the United States.[9] |
| Pollen allergy (hay fever or allergic rhinitis) affects an estimated 10% or 26 million Americans, not including those with asthma.[11] Allergic rhinitis is the reason for 9.2 million office visits to physicians yearly.[12] |
| Allergic dermatitis (itchy rash) is the most common skin condition in children younger than 11 years of age.[14] The percentage of American children diagnosed with it has increased from 3 percent in the 1960s to 10 percent in the 1990s.[15] |
| Chronic sinusitis affects nearly 35 million people in the United States.[3] |
| Allergic drug reactions, commonly caused by antibiotics such as penicillin and cephalosporins, occur in 2 to 3% of hospitalized patients.[17] |
| Eight percent of children younger than 6 years old experience food intolerance(s). Researchers estimate that up to 2 to 4 percent of all children under 6 have food allergy.[18] |
| A severe allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis occurs in 3.3 percent of the U.S. population as a result of insect stings. At least 40 deaths per year result from insect sting anaphylaxis.[19] |
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Phone: 415-420-3750 Fax:
480-237-5436, Scottsdale |