General Practitioners

• Sinusitis
  Left untreated, sinus infections can spread and lead to serious complications. A mild case of sinusitis can develop into chronic sinusitis which can cause flare-ups of the symptoms that last longer than 12-weeks at a time. Letting the infection incubate can cause other infections to occur and can even turn deadly with infections like meningitis or brain abscesses. This infection spreads to the membranes around the brain and spinal cord causing inflammation. In some cases, a sinus infection has spread to the eye socket which can cause partial or even total vision loss. However, for most cases, a mild sinus infection can clear up on its own or with basic at-home care like using decongestants and saline spray.
• Pediatric Care
  The road to board-certification in allergy/immunology is lengthy. Allergists are first trained to become medically licensed. This requires at least seven years of education and training beyond a bachelor’s degree. After completing four years of medical school, the allergist then trains for an additional three to four years of residency in internal medicine, pediatrics, or a combination of both. This is when the doctor typically receives his/her medical licensure.
• Emergency Care
  Anaphylaxis is a serious and potentially fatal allergic reaction. It requires immediate treatment at a hospital emergency room, followed up by care and treatment with an allergist.
• Infectious Diseases
  Each day spent outside enjoying the sunshine also puts an insect allergy patient at risk for a potentially dangerous insect bite or insect sting. Insect allergies affect more than two million Americans and upwards of 100 people die of anaphylaxis shock to insect venom each year in the United States according to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a division of the National Institute of Health. Researchers suspect that figure is greatly underestimated.
• Diarrhea

Internists

• Internal Medicine
  Dr. DeMarco graduated from the University of Scranton with degrees in Biology and Neuroscience. He attended Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann University in Philadelphia where he received his M.D. in 2000. Dr. DeMarco also received his MBA from the University of Massachusetts Isenberg School of Management. His medical internship and residency training in Internal Medicine were completed at the University of South Florida where he cared for patients at the Tampa General Hospital, James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital and Moffitt Cancer Center. Following this training, he remained in Tampa to complete his allergy fellowship at the University of South Florida and pediatric allergy/immunology training at All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, FL.
• Endoscopy
  Either an allergist or ENT specialist can diagnose nasal polyps. To be able to determine the presence of nasal polyps, it’s common for a nasal endoscopy to be performed. This allows a doctor to look inside your nose in detail and get their eyes on the location, size, and current state of the nasal polyps. Only then will they be able to provide an effective course of action on what to do with your sinuses and the health complications that come from the nasal polyps.

Endocrinologist

• Thyroid
  And certain infections also can cause a hives rash. A chronic hives rash that lasts more than six weeks generally is considered to be idiopathic, meaning that the cause is unknown or unconfirmed. However, about half of the chronic hives rash and skin swelling cases are thought to be caused by the immune system’s spontaneous release of chemicals into the bloodstream triggered by an unknown allergen, and half by thyroid disease or other hormonal problems rather than an allergy. Other types of hives include physical hives, which appear as a skin rash that forms along a scratch; delayed pressure hives, which refers to skin swelling that appears in areas where constant pressure is applied, such as beneath belts, sock bands and other constricting clothing; cold hives from rapid exposure of the body to cold, then warm temperatures; and cholinergic hives, a hypersensitivity reaction to body heat and sweating via sun exposure (which can also suggest solar hives), rigorous exercise and too-hot showers or saunas.

Dermatologists

• Eczema
  Xerotic Eczema, which begins as a winter itch or dry skin that worsens into eczema and primarily affects the limbs and trunk. Often this type of skin disorder
• Lesions
  Eczema is a chronic, non-contagious inflammation of the skin characterized by itchy, red blotches and open lesions that ooze or bleed and become encrusted, causing a scaly appearance. Eczema causes are unknown, but a growing body of evidence suggests that eczema is caused by a genetic defect in the outer layer of skin (epidermis) that allows environmental irritants, allergens and microbes (microscopic, disease-causing organisms) to penetrate and inflame the skin.

Allergists

• Allergies
  Dr. Lupoli specializes in providing quality allergy and immunology care for children and adults. He is well-known by his patients to have an exceptionally positive and friendly bedside manner while consistently delivering the most current, evidence-based care for his patients. Dr. Lupoli is also known to be a teaching-physician who stresses patient education at every appointment. “Patient education is absolutely crucial to the healing process,” says Dr. Lupoli. “By helping our patients better understand the causes and triggers for their conditions they are much better equipped to care for their symptoms in the long run.” His clinical interests include environmental allergies, food allergies, difficult-to-control asthma, and urticaria (hives).