Named a “Top Doctor” by Castle Connolly for 15 consecutive years, Dr. Andrew Engler was one of 13 allergists chosen as “Our Best Doctors” by San Francisco Magazine. As medical director of The Allergy and Asthma Clinic in San Mateo, California, Dr. Andrew Engler supervises several other physicians, nurse practitioners, and nurses, and provides allergy treatments to improve his patients’ quality of life.
For people with allergic reactions, an insect sting can be more than just an inconvenience, it can kill you. If you have had a life-threatening allergic reaction to a sting from a bee, wasp, or hornet, an allergist can help you develop strategies to avoid stings, as well as provide you with an adrenaline injector to be used in case of emergency.
Additionally, individuals who have had serious allergic reactions to bee stings can undergo desensitization therapy, which involves being injected with small amounts of bee venom over the course of three to five years in order to help build up protective antibodies and increase tolerance. That dramatically reduces your chance of experiencing a life threatening allergic reaction. Venom immunotherapy is 97 percent effective in preventing future allergic reactions to bee stings.
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