Allergies, Asthma, and Immunology
Allergic disease affects more than 50 million people in the United States, and is
the fifth leading cause of chronic disease in the United States. Allergic rhinitis
alone leads to approximately 16.7 million office visits to health care providers
each year, while asthma related visits to the emergency department is 2 million
each year, with another 465,000 asthma-related hospitalizations. Indirect costs
from asthma are reported to be more than $8 billion.
Allergies and asthma cause unnecessary deaths each year: about 150 people in the
United States die from food-related anaphylaxis, another 40 from insect stinging
anaphylaxis. Asthma leads to about 5,000 deaths each year.
For many of these patients, working with an allergist/immunologist can assist them
in managing their disease. This may be a single or limited consultation, lead to
co-management between a primary care provider and an allergist/immunologist, or
require ongoing specialty care by the allergist/immunologist.
We're Patient-Focused
At the Allergy & Asthma Center of Texas, we are truly patient-focused. That means
we listen to you, apply the appropriate diagnostic procedures when necessary, and
then design a course of treatment that fits your individual needs - not
just those of a textbook patient.
Because Dr. Meiser is Board Certified in the areas of Allergy & Immunology, with
emphasis in Internal Medicine, he is able to take a whole-body perspective in the
diagnosis and treatment of his patients.