Should epinephrine be available over-the-counter?
My answer may surprise you (but hopefully not!). I was invited to speak at a conference in December 2025 about […]
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Airlines and Food Allergies: My Follow-Up to the Fox Business Article
Flying and Food Allergies – a Polarizing Topic I was recently asked to answer questions about flying and food allergies. […]
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Stock EpiPens for Schools… for FREE!
Are you a mom, dad, teacher, or school nurse who worries about being prepared for an allergy emergency? On top […]
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3 Back-to-School Strategies for Food Allergy Families
Back-to-school time can be both exciting and nerve-wracking, especially for food allergy families. Meeting new teachers and starting new classes can be stressful enough, but add food allergy management to the mix, and the worry factor can jump ten-fold. But rest easy! Food allergy mom Pam Lestage and food allergist Dr. Hoyt recently discussed their three simple strategies to an awesome back-to-school. Check out this episode of the podcast for all the details, but here is an overview!
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UPDATE! Stock Epinephrine and the Laws that Support It: Louisiana Edition
Stock epinephrine and anaphylaxis training save lives. But do all states permit early childcare centers to stock epinephrine or even require center staff know how to prevent recognize, and respond to anaphylaxis? No. But now Louisiana does!
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Stock Epinephrine and the Laws that Support It: Louisiana Edition
Stock epinephrine is epinephrine prescribed to an entity, such as a school, to be used in an allergy emergency. Epinephrine is the medication that stops and treats the life-threatening allergic reaction “anaphylaxis.” Some young children…
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How to Prepare Your Babysitter or Nanny to Manage Food Allergies
Finding a great babysitter or nanny can be tough, and how do you prepare that person to manage food allergy? We have the help you are looking for!
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Your State’s Stock Epinephrine Laws
Stock epinephrine saves lives. Learn more here about your state’s legislation on this important issue.
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Food Allergy 101, Teacher Edition – What Teachers Need to Know!
We love our teachers and produced this episode about food allergy with them in mind!
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Teal Pumpkin – make this your new not-so-spooky tradition!
Learn trick-or-treat strategies for kiddos, especially those with food allergies!
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Peanut Oral Immunotherapy – The Preschooler’s Mama’s Experience
Hear a mom’s experience with her family’s oral immunotherapy journey!
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Who is Dr. Alice Hoyt?
Pam interviews food allergy specialist Dr. Alice Hoyt.
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Disney Planning Tips for Families with Food Allergy
Disney and food allergy go together like Mickey and Minnie! If you’ve ever been to Walt Disney World, then you know that a lot of planning goes into those magical memories. If your
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5 College-Prep Strategies for Food Allergy Families from FARE’s Kristi Grim
Prepping for college… when should you start thinking about it? (Hint hint: now!) In this episode, Pam and I talk with the amazing Kristi Grim of FARE (Food Allergy Research and Education). Kristi
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Food allergy and counseling
De-Stress with Strategies from Tamara Hubbard, LCPC How often do you worry about your kiddo who has food allergy? And have you ever wondered if that amount of worry is “normal” ? Tune
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Turning anaphylaxis tragedy into purpose
Death from anaphylaxis is rare. But when it happens to your child, the rarity of it doesn’t matter. And how do you move forward? Here is what the Suhy’s do… The Allison Rose
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Food allergy school policies
Schools develop food allergy related policies to try to keep kids safe, but how many of these policies are evidence-based? And how do policies impact the emotional well-being of kiddos with food allergy?
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Food allergy and parenting – the parent needs…
When it comes to parenting a kiddo with food allergy, remembering that epi is only one of the many challenges faced. Three common themes amongst parents of kiddos with food allergy. When it
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School, Flying, and Food Allergy – What do the Experts Say?
Kiddos have many challenges growing up in this global era, and, unfortunately, food allergy further complicates things like school and flying. But that where allergists can help provide you with evidence-based information on
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Food allergy on social media – ask an expert, but not on social.
Social media is a relatively new world, and just as navigating the “real” world with food allergy can be challenging, […]
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Most Popular Food Allergy and Your Kiddo Podcast Episodes of 2020
Did your favorite Food Allergy and Your Kiddo Podcast episode make the list? You can find a podcast on so many topics these days, and I’m so glad that you found this podcast
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Can OIT help your kiddo eat safely at a restaurant?
Oral immunotherapy – OIT – can make kiddos with food allergy like peanut allergy more tolerant of the allergen, but does that tolerance translate into the real world, like when eating at a
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Food allergy prevention in babies
Feeding babies potentially allergenic foods… what does the evidence say about food allergy prevention? Recommendations for when to feed babies certain foods have changed over the years, including recommendations on how on food
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Wheat Allergy or Gluten Sensitivity or Celiac or Something Else?
Many folks ask me, “Dr. Hoyt, what’s the difference between a wheat allergy and gluten sensitivity and Celiac Disease?” I also get asked, “Is gluten allergy a real thing?” This must be a
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School nurses are allergy superheroes
When you think about what your school nurse does all day, you may think about your kiddo with food allergy […]
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How School Nurses are Preparing for Back-to-School with COVID
Have you ever wondered how school nurses prepare for your kiddos with food allergy? Especially with COVID, how are school nurses getting ready to help their schools take best possible care of students
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6 Steps to a Successful Evacuation for Your Family with Food Allergy
Are you wondering how to have a successful evacuation – hurricane, fire, etc. – with your kiddo who has food allergy? If so, then read on. The recent hurricane devastated parts of my
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Worried about food allergy and anaphylaxis and NOT having epinephrine? This will help!
Parents of kiddos with food allergy fear anaphylaxis and also that their kiddo won’t have epinephrine. Have you or your kiddo ever forgotten epinephrine? Or left it somewhere that can damage it, like
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Ingestion challenges for babies
A baby can have a peanut allergy, and the peanut challenge procedure determines that diagnosis. You’ve probably heard about doctors recommending babies eat peanut to prevent peanut allergy, and this recommendation differs from
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Back-To-School Checklist for Kiddos with Food Allergy
This time of year for your kiddo with food allergy is already stressful. Plus, add COVID-19 to the stress of back-to-school, and heavens to Betsy… Where to begin? Here’s a checklist to help
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Truths and misconceptions about auto-injectors like EpiPen
Do you know what information is true and what’s not true when it comes to epinephrine from an auto-injector like an EpiPen? EpiPens and other epinephrine auto-injectors can be intimidating. Plus, no one
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Peaches, Pollens, Peanuts, and Food Allergy?
Did you know there is more than one way to be allergic to a peach? Read more here, and hear the podcast!
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Food allergy and the nutrition label
Especially during COVID, it’s important to know where to find your kiddo with food allergy safe by knowing where allergensare listed on a product’s nutrition label. Here’s how to do that. First step: listen to my
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Mom challenges
Food allergy moms are faced with challenges every day. Things like “do these cookies contain egg” and “I wonder if I should let my Sweet Pea go to that slumber party?” ring in
Food allergy podcast by a board-certified allergist
Demystifying Food Allergy via Podcast I am so excited to demystify food allergy through my new Food Allergy and Your Kiddo podcast! The infoblogcast – infoblog + podcast – is live! I hope
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Peanut Allergy Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) Palforzia
Peanut allergy has an FDA-approved OIT treatment Peanut allergy affects 2-5% of children. The treatment plan for peanut allergy recommended by most academic allergy centers is avoidance of peanut – perhaps until now. Hello,
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Early Peanut Oral Immunotherapy (OIT)
Early Peanut Oral Immunotherapy (EPOIT) can decrease the severity of peanut allergy in young children. Say what?! Let’s discuss early peanut oral immunotherapy (EPOIT). “So let me get this straight: she’s allergic to
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