Allergic Skin Disorders, drug allergy and venom allergy
For allergic skin disorder specific recommendations on service reduction.
In patients with urticaria, angioedema, and atopic dermatitis, the majority of visits can be considered under the non-urgent category where face-to-face care can be postponed or conducted via phone with digital photos triage or telehealth.5,15
Patients who are doing biologics for any of the above diseases can continue to receive those during the pandemic. For patients with known hereditary angioedema who develop an acute episode, visit local urgent or emergency health care facilities is appropriate. Also, every effort should be made to obtain on-demand therapy for home administration.6,7
All visits can be postponed desensitization in the hospital setting for essential antibiotics can be done.2,16
For venom allergy, being VIT of patients with a history of a systemic reaction to the venom, as this is a life-threatening condition, is considered an essential service, as discussed before.16