Overview

Overview

Cleveland Clinic Florida’s multidisciplinary team of physicians collaborate to treat food allergies and related allergic disorders. Food allergies are common, affecting around four percent of adults in the United States according to the National Institute of Health.

What is a food allergy?

A food allergy is an inappropriate immune response to an ingested food. Food allergies occur when our immune system misidentifies a food as something dangerous. Food allergies can also manifest with varied symptoms affecting different parts of our bodies, including the skin, the digestive system, and even our circulatory system.

Cleveland Clinic Florida offers a number of treatment options for the diagnosis, testing and management of food-based allergy disorders.

What We Treat

What We Treat

Our multidisciplinary team of physicians treat all food-related allergic reactions, including the eight primary foods that account for 90 percent of allergic food reactions:

  • Milk
  • Eggs
  • Peanuts
  • Tree nuts (such as cashews and walnuts)
  • Fish
  • Shellfish
  • Soy
  • Wheat

Cleveland Clinic Florida offers evidence-based diagnostic testing including both skin and blood testing. Both of these tests are useful and require a comprehensive evaluation with history and expert interpretation to avoid misdiagnosis.

Skin Testing

Allergy skin testing for food allergies is a simple, commonly performed procedure that can identify a food to which a patient is allergic.

Blood Testing

A blood test for food allergies involves having blood drawn and testing it to look for specific antibodies that may react with the food.

Our Doctors

Our Doctors

Florida Food Allergy Specialists

Frank Eidelman, MD
Frank Eidelman, MD
Department Chair
Arnaldo Perez, MD
Arnaldo Perez, MD
Associate Staff
Appointments & Locations

Appointments & Locations

Appointments

To schedule an appointment with a food allergist at Cleveland Clinic Florida, please call 877.463.2010.

Locations