Medicine
Immunologist
About this specialty
An immunologist is a doctor specializing in immune system disorders and allergic reactions. They evaluate immune-system disorders and allergic disease.
What they do: They evaluate patients with recurrent infections, allergies, autoimmune conditions, or immune deficiencies. They order and interpret specialized immune tests, perform allergy testing, and recommend evidence-based management or refer to the appropriate allergy/immunology, rheumatology, infectious disease, or other specialist.
Common conditions treated
- food and environmental allergies
- asthma
- eczema
- autoimmune diseases (lupus, rheumatoid arthritis)
- immunodeficiency
- hives and angioedema
When to visit
- recurrent infections or prolonged illness
- severe allergies affecting daily life
- unexplained immune symptoms
- autoimmune disease diagnosis or management
- allergic reactions
Treatment methods
- allergy testing and immunotherapy
- immune function testing
- condition-specific evidence-based treatment
- allergy management
- and immune-deficiency evaluation
Questions worth asking
Take these to your appointment.
- 1What is causing my allergic reactions or immune symptoms?
- 2Do I need allergy testing?
- 3Is my condition autoimmune?
- 4What treatment options are available?
Medicines used in this specialty
Commonly prescribed classes. Not a treatment recommendation, always follow your doctor's prescription.
Doctors in Immunologist
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