Allergy Drops Sublingual Immunotherapy SLIT

Video Details: Sublingual immunotherapy, or SLIT, has a very good safety profile and is given at home in adults and children. Sublingual Immunotherapy is method of allergy treatment that uses an allergen solution given under the tongue, which over the course of treatment, reduces sensitivity to allergens. SLIT can be used to treat both airborne and chronic non-severe food allergies. This is another option instead of doing allergy shots to treat a persons allergies.

Sublingual immunotherapy is taken as drops or tablets, placed under the tongue 3 or more times/week, containing a specific allergen which interacts with the immune system to decrease allergic sensitivity. Commonly the allergen is taken once a day.

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