Allergology: Diseases and treatment spectrum


Diseases

Allergology treats patients with the following diseases

  • Insect venom allergies
  • Hypersensitivity to medications, vaccines and additives
  • Anaphylaxis (allergic shock, unclear unconsciousness)
  • Inhalation allergies (hay fever, asthma)
  • All forms of urticaria (hives)
  • Angioedema (Quincke's edema)
  • Hereditary angioedema
  • Contact allergies, contact eczema
  • Mast cell diseases (except MCAS)


Treatment spectrum

Allergology at Hannover Medical School is a separate focus area within the Clinical Department of Dermatology, Allergology and Allergy and has been certified as a Comprehensive Allergy Center (CAC) since 2016.

There has also been a treatment center for hereditary angioedema in the Centre for Rare Diseases since 2018. In particular, severe and complex cases are treated on referral by allergologists in private practice or dermatologists and GPs.

There is the possibility of outpatient, day-care and inpatient treatment (on ward 86). Further information can be found here.


Specialized allergy diagnostics

  • Allergy laboratory
  • Skin tests (prick, intracutaneous, epicutaneous)
  • Standardized physical tests (e.g. cold, heat, pressure)
  • Placebo-controlled provocation tests (e.g. oral, subcutaneous, nasal)


Special therapy methods

  • Allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT)
  • Ultra-rush immunotherapy for insect venom allergies (inpatient)
  • Biologics therapy
  • Therapy with "small molecules"
  • Therapies as part of clinical studies (further information can be found here.)