If the eyes itch and water, the nose runs constantly or the lungs whistle, then the suspicion is obvious that it is an allergic reaction, which occurs in spring/summer (during the pollen season) or in autumn/winter (house dust mites).
An allergy is a hypersensitivity to normally harmless substances in the environment (allergens) to which the immune system reacts with a disproportionately strong defensive response (allergic reactions).
Such complaints may include skin symptoms such as a vesicular rash (urticaria), diarrhea due to food allergies or general poor performance. Since a constant allergic immune reaction weakens the body. Cross allergies are treacherous. This means that a known pollen allergy can also be accompanied by food allergy and intolerance.
Allergological skin tests. In our in-house allergy laboratory in Hamburg we determine classic allergological parameters for your personal RAST allergy profile in order to detect interdisciplinary allergies such as pollen or food allergies.
In lung function testing (body plethysmography) and metacholine provocation examinations, fine inflammations or hypersensitivities of the bronchial system can be analysed and airway obstructions discovered. In this context, the measurement of exhaled nitric oxide (NO) is available as a measure of respiratory inflammation. A nasal flow measurement enables us to determine restricted nasal breathing whose cause, e.g. nasal polyps, can be discovered and treated by computer tomography of the paranasal sinuses.
In addition, in case of shortness of breath in stressful situations, spiroergometry with measurement of respiration and cardiovascular parameters can determine whether the lungs, heart or muscles are responsible for these complaints.
Pulmonary hypertension is a disease with two faces. A patient can often remain unnoticed for a long time, often for years, stable - or within a short time can be threatened by a right heart failure life-threateningly.
In order to better recognise pulmonary hypertension, we have set up a specialised consultation hour for pulmonary arterial hypertension only together with our cardiological and pneumological colleagues.
The goal: optimal, interdisciplinary diagnostics and treatment.
Prof. Dr. med. Helgo Magnussen
Specialist in internal medicine, pneumology (lung medicine), sleep medicine
Christiane Rozeh, MD
Specialist in Internal Medicine,
Pneumology, Allergology
Dr. med. Maike A. Machnick-Meyer
Fachärztin für Innere Medizin,
Pneumologie und Allergologie
Claudia Jafari, MD
Specialist in Internal Medicine,
Pneumology
Tibor Schmoller, MD
Specialist in Internal Medicine,
Pneumology, Allergology
Dr. med. Ralf Oertel
Specialist in Internal Medicine,
Pneumology
Dr. med. Silke Augener
Specialist in Internal Medicine,
Pneumology
20354 Hamburg
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