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How Are Children Tested for Allergies?

How Are Children Tested for Allergies?

Nov 07, 2024

Allergies can be tough on children, but the right care begins with accurately identifying the allergens affecting them. Learn more about the different tests that are used to do this, and what you can expect from the process.

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7 Simple Ways to Keep Your Child's Eczema Under Control This Winter

7 Simple Ways to Keep Your Child's Eczema Under Control This Winter

Oct 16, 2024

Winter can be brutal on kids with eczema, but it doesn’t have to be. With a few simple changes to your child’s routine, you can help keep their skin calm and free from flare-ups. Learn easy and practical ways to give your child relief this winter.

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Sublingual Immunotherapy (SLIT) for Seasonal Allergies: What to Expect

Sublingual Immunotherapy (SLIT) for Seasonal Allergies: What to Expect

Sep 19, 2024

Dealing with seasonal allergies year after year can be exhausting. If you’re tired of the constant cycle of sneezing and congestion, consider getting sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT). Here’s all you need to know about the treatment.

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Are Your Clothes Making Your Contact Dermatitis Worse?

Are Your Clothes Making Your Contact Dermatitis Worse?

Aug 12, 2024

If you’ve been doing your best to avoid allergens and irritants but are still experiencing painful flare-ups from contact dermatitis, your clothes might be to blame. How can you tell?

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How Rush Therapy Speeds Up Your Defenses to Allergies

How Rush Therapy Speeds Up Your Defenses to Allergies

Jul 26, 2024

Rush therapy is a game-changer for anyone who has severe allergies. Consider this treatment today to save yourself from fits of sneezing and itchy, watery eyes.

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How to Safeguard Your EpiPen While You're Vacationing This Summer

How to Safeguard Your EpiPen While You're Vacationing This Summer

Jun 20, 2024

As you’re making your summer vacation plans, you need to ensure your EpiPen® is safe and accessible at all times. Learn how to protect it from extreme temperatures, just one of many steps you can take to maintain its effectiveness.

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Secret™ RF Microneedling: The All-Natural, Surgery-Free Solution for Tightening Loose Skin

Secret™ RF Microneedling: The All-Natural, Surgery-Free Solution for Tightening Loose Skin

May 24, 2024

Secret™ RF microneedling is a nonsurgical procedure that effectively tightens and improves the appearance of your skin without any of the drawbacks of cosmetic surgery. Learn more about how this revolutionary treatment works.

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8 Treatment Options When You Have a Recurring Infection

8 Treatment Options When You Have a Recurring Infection

Apr 05, 2024

Are you experiencing a relentless cycle of infections? Do they seem to clear up only to return with a vengeance? Here are eight effective treatment options to help you break the pattern for good.

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How Does Epinephrine Work When Someone Experiences a Severe Allergic Reaction

How Does Epinephrine Work When Someone Experiences a Severe Allergic Reaction

Mar 06, 2024

A severe allergic reaction can be life-threatening. However, an epinephrine pen might save your life in such a situation. Learn more about how it works and why it's crucial to use it immediately.

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Can You Outgrow Asthma?

Can You Outgrow Asthma?

Feb 14, 2024

Asthma is a lung condition that typically develops in childhood and persists into adulthood. It’s not unusual for children to outgrow the condition; an estimated 50% do. For those who don’t, it’s critical to understand how to manage their asthma.

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Botox® or Dermal Fillers: Which Is Best for Me?

Jan 03, 2024

Are you dealing with pesky fine lines, or has your face lost some of its youthful volume? Botox® and dermal fillers are two cosmetic treatments that are perfect for turning back the hands of time. Which choice is best for your needs?

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Can You Develop Food Allergies as an Adult?

Can You Develop Food Allergies as an Adult?

Dec 15, 2023

Imagine suddenly developing an allergy to a food you've eaten and enjoyed your whole life. It might seem improbable, but it's more common than you might realize. If it happens to you, what can you do about it?

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Contact Dermatitis: Triggers and Treatment

Contact Dermatitis: Triggers and Treatment

Nov 10, 2023

Are you struggling with red, itchy skin and don't know why? It might be contact dermatitis. We walk you through everything you need to know about this condition: its triggers, symptoms, and, most importantly, how to treat it.

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Conquer Your Allergies With Immunotherapy

Oct 20, 2023

Are you looking to break free from the cycle of allergy symptoms and medications? Immunotherapy could be your answer. Learn how it works, its various forms, and how it might significantly reduce or even eliminate your allergies.

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Lifestyle Changes to Help Minimize Asthma Attacks

Sep 29, 2023

Asthma treatment is a partnership between you and your doctor. While medical management is vital for everyone with asthma, you also need to take steps to minimize asthma attacks in your daily life. Fortunately, those steps aren’t complicated.

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From ‘looking like a zombie’ To Enjoying the Outdoors

From ‘looking like a zombie’ To Enjoying the Outdoors

Jul 09, 2019

Patient Gets Life Back Thanks To Allergy Shots They say it’s the little things in life that matter, and for Teresa Sell, it was a little shot that let those simple but so important things back into her life.

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Like Mother, Like Doctor: Dr. Dinger and Nurse Nelda Talk About Mother-Daughter Relationship

Like Mother, Like Doctor: Dr. Dinger and Nurse Nelda Talk About Mother-Daughter Relationship

May 14, 2019

There is something special about the mother-daughter relationship. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, the connection comes easy. It is enriching. For Dr. Patricia Dinger, Founder of Advanced Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, and her mother, Nelda Gomez...

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Second Allergy Test Reveals What I Always Suspected About Mountain Cedar

Second Allergy Test Reveals What I Always Suspected About Mountain Cedar

Nov 14, 2018

I vowed, last year, that I would not suffer another mountain cedar season in San Antonio. And now, I am finally making good on that promise. Let me begin by sharing a little about my history with allergies.

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Dr. Dinger Sees Increase of Teal Pumpkin Understanding; Holds Annual Painting Events

Dr. Dinger Sees Increase of Teal Pumpkin Understanding; Holds Annual Painting Events

Oct 29, 2018

The awareness of the Teal Pumpkin Project, a now world-wide initiative to promote inclusiveness of kids with food allergies at Halloween, is growing, according to Dr. Patricia Gomez Dinger.

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From Allergy Patient to Physician Assistant : Advanced Allergy Welcomes Chelsea Russell

From Allergy Patient to Physician Assistant : Advanced Allergy Welcomes Chelsea Russell

Sep 05, 2018

Physician Assistant Chelsea Russell clearly remembers what it was like walking into Advanced Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology for the first time. She and her husband, Sean, were new to San Antonio and the wide range of allergens it has to offer.

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Advanced Allergy Welcomes Tree Nut Allergy OIT Patients

Advanced Allergy Welcomes Tree Nut Allergy OIT Patients

Jul 03, 2018

In June, two young patients walked through our Advanced Allergy door filled with newfound hope.

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When Your Body Just Can’t Shake Being Sick

When Your Body Just Can’t Shake Being Sick

Nov 30, 2017

This time of year, I often think about a patient I had who came to see me because she felt she was getting various infections on a very regular basis. She reported ear infections, sinus infections, bronchitis, and even pneumonia.

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Good news for Oak Tree Pollen sufferers – Peak oak season is behind us!

Apr 12, 2017

Dr. Dinger was recently quoted in an article on Oak Tree Pollen levels in South Texas. Looks like the worst is behind us, which is good news for oak tree pollen sufferers.

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Think You’re Allergic To Penicillin? 5 Surprising Things To Know About the Wonder Drug

Think You’re Allergic To Penicillin? 5 Surprising Things To Know About the Wonder Drug

Feb 22, 2017

A phone call with my husband earlier this month went like this: “Honey, are you allergic to penicillin?” “Ah. I don’t think so – but maybe.” I paused before asking my husband for clarification.

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Dr. Dinger and Food Allergy Fighters Hold 2nd Annual Paint A Pumpkin Teal Events

Dr. Dinger and Food Allergy Fighters Hold 2nd Annual Paint A Pumpkin Teal Events

Nov 02, 2016

Teal – definitely the new orange, this fall! Especially if you were at Bulverde United Methodist Church‘s famed pumpkin patch and the FARE Walk San Antonio!

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Cadence’s Story: Starting School With Life-Threatening Food Allergies

Cadence’s Story: Starting School With Life-Threatening Food Allergies

Aug 23, 2016

Blog written by Erin Kirwan for Advanced Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology One look at Cadence and you can’t help but notice her bright smiling eyes and the large bow that tops her head of blonde curls like a crown on a princess.

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Reid’s Story: Dr. Dinger Changed Our Family’s Life With Asthma

Reid’s Story: Dr. Dinger Changed Our Family’s Life With Asthma

Jul 20, 2016

“Life was miserable for my little guy,” says Jacqueline Ortiz-Wilson. Jacqueline’s talking about her 8-year-old son, Reid. Reid has allergic asthma. Jacqueline says a persistent cough has been with her son since he was little.

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Nurse Nelda : The Definition Of Mother and Colleague

Nurse Nelda : The Definition Of Mother and Colleague

May 09, 2016

If you would have asked me some 20 years ago whether I would one day work along side my mother, I would have probably nodded my head, yes, emphatically. It was my dream.

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Drury Hotels Offers Medical Rate to Oral Immunotherapy Patients

Drury Hotels Offers Medical Rate to Oral Immunotherapy Patients

Apr 26, 2016

At Advanced Allergy, it is our mission to serve and help our patients. Since we began offering Oral Immunotherapy for Peanut Allergy (OIT) in August of 2015, we now have patients traveling to us from Houston, Austin and other towns outside of San Antonio.

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When Your Peanut-Allergic Son Has a Reaction During OIT

When Your Peanut-Allergic Son Has a Reaction During OIT

Mar 15, 2016

When you embark on the journey of Oral Immunotherapy, or OIT, as allergy patients commonly call it, you are well aware of the risk of a reaction, or worse, anaphylaxis.

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OIT for Peanut Allergy; Our First Two Patients

OIT for Peanut Allergy; Our First Two Patients

Feb 04, 2016

As a mom of three children, none of whom have a potentially life threatening peanut allergy, it is hard to imagine what living life with one, is like. Except I see it everyday.

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Mountain Cedar May Stick Around How Long?

Mountain Cedar May Stick Around How Long?

Feb 01, 2016

By now, you are probably anxious for mountain cedar to make its grand exit. Be gone. Disappear. Sayonara cedar. Well fellow cedar allergy sufferers, hang tight. The pollen from the juniper tree, commonly called mountain cedar,...

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Dr. Dinger’s Paint-A-Pumpkin-Teal Event

Dr. Dinger’s Paint-A-Pumpkin-Teal Event

Oct 13, 2015

FARE : www.foodallergy.org What’s scarier than Ghouls and Goblins at Halloween? A candy basket, can be, when you or your little monster has a potentially fatal food allergy. Something as simple a candy wrapper that slightly open amid a bowl full of treats

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Managing Mountain Cedar: Early Treatment is Key

Managing Mountain Cedar: Early Treatment is Key

Aug 31, 2015

Oh, mountain cedar, how we loathe you. Your distinctive bark peels and sheds like an unwelcome snake. Your flimsy evergreen branches populate our hills, backyards, and areas of limestone more so than almost any other tree.

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Warning: Food Allergens in Pet Foods

Warning: Food Allergens in Pet Foods

May 31, 2015

As a mom of twins plus one more just a year apart, I am all too familiar with chaos! Don’t get me wrong – it is usually good chaos but chaos nonetheless. When the kids were all toddlers it was not uncommon to see one heading in every direction.

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New Treatment For Allergies: Will it replace allergy shots?

Feb 22, 2015

If you watched the news recently you may have heard about a new allergy pill that may “replace allergy shots” for treatment of severe allergic rhinitus. That’s when your immune system overreacts to substances you’ve inhaled, like pollen.

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Are You Allergic To Your Pet

Are You Allergic To Your Pet

Feb 22, 2015

Dr.Gomez Dinger wrote this article featured in Dog and Cat Magazine’s December 2014 issue. She added new information learned from a recent patient experience.

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Advanced Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology Center PA - Dr. Patricia Gomez Dinger

✆ Phone (appointments): 210-499-4824

Address: 540 Madison Oak Dr., Suite 450, San Antonio, TX 78258

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