Allergenuity Health Associates

09/19/2025

*NEW FOOD ALLERGY PODCAST ALERT* Thank you to Nina Markovic and Immunity Group Australia for having us on your podcast!

Understanding food (and environmental) allergies can be difficult for families. Some things that can help you on the right path...

1. Find a knowledgeable allergist who spends the time to listen to you and understand your concerns.
2. Get diagnosed properly (most likely by a board-certified allergist). The testing is just one piece of a larger puzzle, not the whole picture.
3. Know that allergies are a chronic condition that can wax and wane for your whole life, and use the tools available to improve your quality of life (QOL).
4. Change the tool when and if needed. There are many tools.
5. You don't absolutely need to eat the food you are or were allergic to in order to improve your QOL if you don't want to.

If you have any questions, reach out, and we can get into the "weeds" with you. 😂

Listen wherever you listen to podcasts. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2yubLYfaPLeLOdfIDaRBBJ?si=e947c0b4b8104314

04/18/2025

A standardized SLIT tablet for dust mite allergies that was previously available for adults is now approved for children 5-11yo. Read the article and Dr. Schroeder's thoughts at the end of the story.

"As a standardized SLIT tablet, Odactra’s FDA approval for children aged 5 to 11 years expands access to a noninvasive, disease-modifying treatment that may be covered by insurance. While Odactra lacks the dosing flexibility and multi-allergen customization of SLIT drops (and allergy shots), it provides a standardized, convenient option for children with house dust mite as a primary trigger. For families needing insurance-supported care, or for clinics without expertise in or access to customized SLIT, this offers a meaningful step forward to optimizing dust mite treatment options for children."

In February, the FDA approved the Odactra tablet, a sublingual immunotherapy, to treat house dust mite-induced allergic rhinitis in patients aged 5 to 11 years, according to a manufacturer-issued press release.As Healio previously reported, Odactra (ALK) was approved for patients aged 12 to 17 years...

10/02/2024

If you're wondering how to help the allergy community after Hurricane Helene, please read the info in the shared post. Consider donating to help those devastated by the storm. Even a small amount can make a big difference. Thank you!! 💙

*** UPDATE ***

FOODiversity’s next request is to provide allergen-friendly and gluten-free products to a food bank. This amazing food bank serves 200+ agencies, including a network of food pantries throughout Western NC.

FOODiversity has just secured a drop off location and will transport the supplies to the food bank (since they cannot yet receive mail/UPS/FedEx)

Thank you to SO MANY who have already sent products and given financial donations!!!

The updated Amazon wishlist (all products shipped to the FOODiversity drop off location) will be available this evening.

Stay tuned for our next post and thank you again!!!

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FOODiversity is fielding requests from organizations who are assisting people living with , , and .

🏅Help us respond to the needs.

This morning's request is from Watauga County Schools.

FREE childcare opens today for WCS K-6 students and they're serving FREE breakfast, lunch and snacks. Some students attending need allergen-friendly and/or gluten-free food.

Answer the call NOW by purchasing items from this AMAZON wishlist. Items will be shipped directly to the site: https://amzn.to/4gORn71

🩵Thank you!!!!

09/14/2024

"Positive results in terms of symptom reduction, 📉 medication use and favorable immune changes suggest early intervention with SLIT could be beneficial for young children with allergic rhinitis....could have implications for preventing asthma development." ~ Dr. Nikhila Schroeder

Healio

Sublingual immunotherapy for house dust mite allergy improved allergic rhinitis symptoms among children aged 1 to 4 years over 12 months, according to a study published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. This treatment also induced immunologic changes specific to the allergen and was well tolerate...

01/19/2024

If you're located in the Charlotte area and have someone in your family with food allergies, please come to the Feeding Community Health" event in Mooresville on Tuesday, January 23rd from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm to learn from Dr. Schroeder and other healthcare experts. Register here (bit.ly/FCHRegister)

It is a FREE event and topics will include:
- food allergy treatments
- epinephrine access
- nutrition guidance
- importance of cofactors
- psychosocial impact
- food disparities
- food allergies in school
- and much more

We will be there for most of the day so if you want expert guidance, we'll be happy to chat with you.

One more week until Feeding Community Health!
Registration is free at: https://bit.ly/FCHRegister

Speaker Spotlight:
Dr. Nikhila Schroeder, Allergenuity Health Associates
Erin Malawer, AllergyStrong
Wendy Pake, FOODiversity


Allergy Shmallergy Erin Darcy Malawer Wendy Gordon Pake

01/10/2024

Dr. Nikhila Schroeder and others will be at this event in Mooresville, NC to speak on food allergy topics and solutions. Dr. Schroeder is discussing "Reducing Allergy Cofactors" at 11:15 AM but we'll be there throughout most of the day to answer questions. We hope to see you there!

Registration is free at: https://bit.ly/FCHRegister

If possible, register by/before January 12 (not required, though sure will be helpful as we finalize materials and venue arrangements!!)

Speaker Spotlight:
Edwin Kim, MD, MS
Emily Brown
Raquel Durban, MS, RD, LD/N

Free From Market AllergyStrong Feed NC Carolina Asthma & Allergy Center UNC Health UNC School of Medicine

01/04/2024

An Inside Look at Sublingual Immunotherapy

This is an interview Dr Schroeder had with Henry Ehrlich in 2019 to discuss sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) and how it compares to someone looking to decide between SLIT and oral immunotherapy (OIT).

If you have any questions, post them below and we'll answer.

An Inside Look at Sublingual Immunotherapy Sub-Lingual Immunotherapy has so many benefits that go unmentioned in today's allergy conversation. It would be great to bring better education on the topic.

02/23/2022

Listen to the latest podcast from ShandeeLand and her conversation with Dr. Nikhila Schroeder about her background, her path to being an allergist, and her decision to pursue using SLIT in her own practice to help those with food and environmental allergies.

Listen to the podcast and tell us what you think. Do you have any questions about SLIT? Leave a comment below!

https://www.facebook.com/shandeeland1/posts/492067505965192

Dr. Nikhila Schroeder is certified in Allergy & Immunology, and Pediatrics. Dr. Schroeder and her husband James founded Allergenuity Health to build an ideal care community for people affected by a...

12/25/2021

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Allergenuity Health!

We are so thankful to all of our patients and everyone in the allergy community.

Have a safe, healthy, and (hopefully) restful end to 2021. We look forward to connecting with all of you in 2022!

11/29/2021

Allergy friends...are you looking to support families that need allergy-friendly products through the holidays?

Consider donating to Carolina FOODiversity on . We started with a donation and would love to see more financial resources going to this organization that teams up with Food Equality Initiative, Inc. to help allergy families in need.

A donation of:

$30 = 1 bag of allergy-friendly meals for the weekend. A k-12 student needs weekend food and receives a food bag from the school counselor on Friday at dismissal.

$120 = 4 weeks of allergy-friendly meals plus educational materials for a student.

$225 = 1 months worth of shelf-stable foods. Recipients select their products online, the order is delivered within days, no cost to the recipient.

Use this link if you would like to donate: bit.ly/GiveSafeFOOD

thanks to Allergenuity Health Associates

11/08/2021

Why did we become one of the only clinics in the US that uses sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) as our sole treatment option for patients with food and environmental allergies?

Sublingual immunotherapy is "very simple to do,” says Edwin Kim, MD, director of the UNC Food Allergy Initiative at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, who led two recent trials in peanut-allergic children. “It’s a bunch of drops you put under your tongue, you hold it for a couple minutes, and then you're done for the day."

To guard against reactions from cross-contamination or accidental exposures, Kim says, sublingual immunotherapy "is pushing pretty close to what (low-dose oral immunotherapy) is able to provide but seemingly with a superior ease of administration and safety profile."

Oral immunotherapy can be unnerving. The treatment is also time-consuming, requiring rest periods after each day’s dose and in-office visits to raise the dose every few weeks. Plus, it raises a patient’s risk for allergic reactions.

More availability and access to SLIT would be ideal as parents would likely find this intervention more appealing. Click on the article to learn more.

Dosing and cost uncertainties keep customized liquid drops from reaching mainstream

10/31/2021

When Halloween is your favorite holiday and you have a food allergy.

A local news station talks about the and how to protect yourself and other families who have kiddos with food allergies.

To learn more about the Teal Pumpkin Project and how you can participate, visit https://www.foodallergy.org/our-initiatives/awareness-campaigns/living-teal/teal-pumpkin-project.

We're going to have our teal pumpkin out with some allergy-friendly options. Are you participating this year? What goodies do you have for everyone?

Stay safe and have a very Happy Halloween!! 🎃

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