Welcome back to the Oh My Allergies! Podcast! We have our first guest of this season of the podcast! In today’s episode, we sit down with Dr. Manan Shah, who is a board-certified Otolaryngologist and Head and Neck Surgeon.

We discuss the following with Dr. Manan Shah in today’s episode:

Dr. Shah’s allergy journey with being allergic to cats and managing idiopathic urticaria
What made him want to become an ENT (ear, nose, and throat) doctor and allergist
When you should use antihistamines and when you should consider other allergy treatment options
The difference between allergy shots and allergy drops (sublingual immunotherapy) for allergy treatments
AND SO MUCH MORE!

Tune in to learn more about environmental allergies, how allergies can affect many aspects of your life, and why a “one size fits all” approach for treating environmental allergies is not effective at all.

Allergy News Article: https://cutt.ly/6PpYowg

Connect with today's guest, Dr. Manan Shah:

Manan Shah, MD is a board-certified Otolaryngologist who focuses on sinus and allergy treatment. Manan founded Wyndly Health, a Y Combinator backed startup that provides everyone with access to high-quality allergy care. He serves as the Vice President of the Colorado ENT Society, is the former Secretary of the YPS for the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, and sits on the Telemedicine and Equilibrium Committees for the Academy. Manan began his career as a drummer for a band, but later attended medical school where his love for music steered him towards the field of Ear, Nose, and Throat. As an allergy sufferer, he further became interested in treatment of allergies and sinus disease. Manan spent a year doing clinical research and earned graduate certification in the field before attending residency training at the prestigious Otolaryngology program at University of Connecticut.

Website: www.mananmd.com

Wyndly Health Website: www.wyndly.com

Related Resources to today’s episode:

Allergy Shots - https://cutt.ly/KPpDJRb

SLIT (Sublingual Immunotherapy) - https://cutt.ly/uPpDQSI

SLIT Treatment for Allergic Rhinitis Nothing to Sneeze About - https://cutt.ly/LPpDUGS

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