desensitization therapy

For specific phobias, desensitization therapy and relaxation techniques are very successful.

Some allergists can provide effective desensitization therapy for some antibiotics.

If any of these apply to you, you should receive another antibiotic or undergo desensitization therapy.

These are parts of systematic desensitization therapy.

Ask an allergist if you can obtain desensitization therapy for the offending allergen.

The allergic person's doctor should be consulted about the use of antihistamines, decongestants and possibly new kinds of desensitization therapy.

Systematic desensitization therapy was introduced by Joseph Wolpe in 1958 and employs relaxation techniques with imagined situations.

His research into recent technological developments has made it possible to integrate virtual reality into systematic desensitization therapy in order to accurately recreate the threatening situation.

The researchers will evaluate a possible desensitization therapy using a modified form of the peanut proteins that set off the allergic reaction; using natural peanuts is too dangerous.

These twelve students were provided with systematic desensitization therapy one hour per week for five to seven weeks; after eight months, the students were contacted again to evaluate the effectiveness of the therapy.

Treating a pet's allergy may involve protecting the animal from re-exposure to the allergen, desensitization therapy, shampoos and rinses to remove an irritant from the skin and the use of antihistamines and steroids.

The mechanisms underlying desensitization therapy are complex, but the key to success seems to be the induction of regulatory T cells secreting IL-10 and/or TGF-beta, which skew the response away from IgE production.

Allergy shots - also called immunotherapy or allergy desensitization therapy - may come close to curing some allergies by introducing small amounts of the offending allergens in order to help the body learn to deal with them, but require up to 12 months to become effective.

Whether utilizing systematic desensitization therapy or exposure therapy, several factors will determine how many sessions will be required to completely remove the phobia; however, some studies (such as a follow-up study done by Dr. Öst in 1996) have shown that those who overcome their phobia are usually able to maintain the improvement over the long-term.