Southwest Allergy and Asthma Associates

We specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of allergic, asthma and immunologic disorders.

Conditions Treated:

• Allergic Conjunctivitis/Eye allergies
• Allergic Rhinitis (Environmental allergy skin testing, allergy shots, rapid densitization shots, oral allergy drops)
• Anaphylaxis
• Angioedema
• Asthma (Complete pulmonary function testing, nitric oxide testing, Xolair, Nucala)
• Atopic Dermatitis/Eczema (Testing, skin biopsy)
• Chronic Cough
• Contact Dermatitis (Testing available for over 80 skin care products, cosmetics, jewelry, fragrances, dyes, and dental and orthopedic implants)
• Drug Allergy (Testing to penicillins and other antibiotics, local anesthetics, steroids)
• Eosinophilic Esophagitis (Food and environmental allergen testing)
• Food Allergy (Testing available for 130 foods, dyes and preservatives, egg desensitization)
• Hives/Urticaria
• Immune Deficiency (Testing, vaccines, antibody replacement therapies)
• Insect allergy (Testing and treatment)
• Latex allergy
• Nasal Polyps
• Sinusitis (Immune evaluation, CT Scan, nebulized antibiotics)

New Patient Information

Please bring your insurance information, referral letter, and list of medications when you come for your first visit.

You can fill out our new patient forms listed below and bring them in when you come in for your appointment to save time. 

 Cuestionario y formas de registro en Espanol

 New patient registration forms and questionnaire in English



Sublingual immunotherapy

Sublingual immunotherapy is a fancy name for oral allergy drops. The drops, which contain the allergens that you are allergic to, are taken by placing them under your tongue for a few seconds and then swallowed on a daily basis. This is the injection free way to take your immunotherapy in the comfort of your own home.

·       Injection free! No shots, great for children

·       Done at home. No trip to the doctor’s office

·       Decreases the chance of future allergies and asthma

·       Can begin two months before the pollen season for patients with spring or fall allergies or used year round for chronic allergy sufferers.

NoNot covered by insurance in the United States, however the price is similar to most patient medication co-pays around $50 a month.

S     Sublingual Immunotherapy Instruction Sheet



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Allergy Shots

Allergy shots or immunotherapy is the name of the treatment in which we give small amounts of pollen or mold that a patient is allergic to by oral drops or injection to desensitize the immune system.

• May improve or even cure a person’s allergies.
• Provides relief from symptoms that continues after the treatment is complete.
• Prevents the development of future allergies and allergy-related asthma

Two different methods are available: 

1. Regular allergy shots. Weekly build up over 5 months then monthly. Safe and very effective. Patients have been treated since 1910 with this type of shot treatment. 

2. Cluster allergy shots. Four weekly two hour build ups then monthly. Time convenient but higher risk of reaction and a higher cost.

Treatment is recommended for 3 to 5 years. 

Spring pollens

Mulberry

Cottonwood

Summer Pollens

Bermuda grass

Fall Pollens

Sagebrush

 Willow