Severe eczema may best be treated by allergy shots: Significant benefits seen in one medically challenging case

A medically-challenging case being presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) conference found that allergy injections provided significant benefits to the eczema symptoms suffered by a 48-year-old man, reported ScienceDaily.

Lead author Anil Nanda said "biologic therapy has been available to treat eczema for about a year and-a-half but was not yet a treatment option at the time we saw this man. We thought allergy shots might be beneficial because [the patient] also had multiple allergies."

"We conducted skin testing and found the man was allergic to dust mites, weeds, trees, grasses, mold, cats and dogs," remarked co-author Anita Wasan.

"Because his allergies could all be treated with allergy shots, we thought treating his allergies might also benefit his eczema. After one year, he reported significant benefit to his symptoms…and once he reached a maintenance dose of allergy shots, he no longer needed high dose steroid therapy for his eczema," Wasan added.

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