“People know that asthma sucks. They don’t know that sinus disease sucks. It really impacts people's quality of life. It impacts their function. It needs to be taken very seriously.” — Dr. Andrew Thamboo Chronic sinusitis doesn’t just clog the nose—it can drag down quality of life, complicate asthma, and leave patients caught between specialists. Dr. Mariam Hanna talks with Dr. Andrew Thamboo, rhinologist at St. Paul’s Sinus Centre in Vancouver and clinical associate professor at UBC, about h...
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“People know that asthma sucks. They don’t know that sinus disease sucks. It really impacts people's quality of life. It impacts their function. It needs to be taken very seriously.” — Dr. Andrew Thamboo Chronic sinusitis doesn’t just clog the nose—it can drag down quality of life, complicate asthma, and leave patients caught between specialists. Dr. Mariam Hanna talks with Dr. Andrew Thamboo, rhinologist at St. Paul’s Sinus Centre in Vancouver and clinical associate professor at UBC, about h...
Crossing the threshold of more precise allergy care
The Allergist
27 minutes
9 months ago
Crossing the threshold of more precise allergy care
"We use thresholds every day without even thinking about it. When we do a food challenge in our office, whether we know it or not, we're relying on the fact that there is a threshold for every patient. Some are going to be on the first dose, some are going to be at the last. And that's just part of what a threshold is." – Dr. Doug Mack Food allergies aren’t one-size-fits-all, but we don’t talk enough about thresholds—the amount of an allergen it actually takes to trigger a reaction. Sho...
The Allergist
“People know that asthma sucks. They don’t know that sinus disease sucks. It really impacts people's quality of life. It impacts their function. It needs to be taken very seriously.” — Dr. Andrew Thamboo Chronic sinusitis doesn’t just clog the nose—it can drag down quality of life, complicate asthma, and leave patients caught between specialists. Dr. Mariam Hanna talks with Dr. Andrew Thamboo, rhinologist at St. Paul’s Sinus Centre in Vancouver and clinical associate professor at UBC, about h...
