Allergy

Biscuit suffers from allergy. He is basically allergic to everything. It started when he was about 2½ years old and at first it made him very very poorly, but now it is well treated and as long as he has an injection once a month, he is perfectly fine and a happy little chap.

He does hate the injections though, but he knows he will get a yummy treat as soon as it is over. Today it was a pig's ear, which he ate in safety under the desk.

I give him the injection myself, so we don't depend on a vet except once a year when I order a new bottle of allergen.

So today was injection day. All went well, so no need to worry about his allergy for another month.

Happy weekend, Blippers!
Emmy & the Hazyland boys


Wikipedia says about Immunotherapy:
Allergen immunotherapy (also termed hyposensitization therapy, immunologic desensitization, hyposensibilization, or allergen-specific immunotherapy) is a form of immunotherapy for allergic disorders in which the patient is vaccinated with increasingly larger doses of an allergen (substances to which they are allergic) with the aim of inducing immunologic tolerance. Allergen specific immunotherapy is the only treatment strategy which treats the underlying cause of the allergic disorder. It is a highly cost-effective treatment strategy which results in an improved quality of life and a reduction in allergic- and allergen-related asthma, as well as a reduction in days off school/work. Immunotherapy has been shown to produce long-term remission of allergic symptoms, reduce severity of associated asthma, as well as reduce the chances of new sensitisations to allergens developing. This is achieved via immunotherapy modulating the immune system response to allergens.