ILIT is for people with an allergy that testing confirms, whose symptoms are not controlled by avoidance and medication, and who want a short course rather than years of injections. That describes a lot of people. It does not describe everyone.
Ruled out
- Uncontrolled or severe asthma, until it is controlled.
- Pregnancy, or planning one during the course.
- Beta blockers, which blunt the treatment of a reaction; some other medications too.
- Certain cardiac conditions.
- Children under the practice's minimum age, usually twelve.
Worth a conversation
Multiple allergens: ILIT vials can hold several, but the allergist decides how many make sense in one course. Previous reactions to allergy shots: some practitioners see ILIT as a reasonable alternative, others wait. Food allergy: not what ILIT is for, whatever a website says.
Only an allergist who has examined you can say. This article describes the usual screening; the decision is made in the consultation.
S. Shah, MD
D. Imanirad, MD