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The Link Between Hygiene And Allergies

Patients often ask for reasons we have seen an increase in allergic diseases, including asthma, eczema, and food allergies in recent decades. Among possible causes are changes in our environment such that we are not exposed to microbes that help the immune system mature and develop. Read the NYT article by Matt Richtel published March 12, 2019.

“Your Environment Is Cleaner. Your Immune System Has Never Been So Unprepared”

Dr. Manav Segal

Dr. Manav Segal, of Chestnut Hill Allergy & Asthma Associates, is a leading Philadelphia-area allergist and immunologist who treats asthma and allergies in children and adults and provides breakthrough Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) to treat severe food allergies. Dr. Segal is Board certified by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and the American Board of Internal Medicine, and is Chief of Allergy & Immunology at Chestnut Hill Hospital.

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