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Herpangina – A Summer Disease
No, it’s not the name of a tune written by some Swedish vocal group. Let’s go to our old pals at Wikipedia for the answer: “The term is derived from the Greek herp, creeping, snake like, and Latin angina, a sore throat, literally “a choking.” Herpangina, also called mouth blisters, is the name of a […]
It Takes a Village – Asthma and School
Call it “Team Asthma.” After all, this disease is one of the top reasons that American children miss many a day of school. According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America over 14-million kids missed a slew of school days every year. And an asthma attack while they’re at school is pretty scary for […]
New Sublingual Allergy Tablets
Exciting news from the FDA regarding sublingual allergy tablets! The FDA recently approved three allergy sublingual immunotherapy tablets. On April 17, the FDA approved Merck’s RAGWITEK™ sublingual allergy tablet for ragweed pollen. This comes just days after the approval of the grass sublingual allergy tablets GRASTEK® (also Merck), and ORALAIR® (Greer). While it will be some time before […]
Got a Sore Throat?
In a majority of sore throat cases, the problem comes-and-goes when you’re getting a cold or the flu. Sure, there are serious things which may happen if you get a sore throat with great frequency. If that’s the case, the ENT Center of Austin can diagnose this regular, repeated occurrence and offer help. However, for […]
