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• Allergen immunotherapy (allergy shot) is a form of treatment
aimed at decreasing sensitivity to substances called allergens.
• Allergens are the substances that trigger your allergy
symptoms when you are exposed to them and are identified by
allergy testing.
• Allergen immunotherapy involves injecting increasing amounts
of an allergen until a maintenance dose is reached and
continued over 3 to 5 years.
• Immunotherapy has been shown to decrease current
symptoms, prevent the development of new allergies and, in
some children, prevent the progression of the allergic rhinitis to
asthma.
• Allergen immunotherapy can result in long-lasting relief of
allergy symptoms after treatment is stopped.