Empowered Patient Podcast

Dr. Shuba Iyengar, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Allermi, is focused on providing better care and access to allergy treatments. Allermi has developed a personalized approach to diagnosing allergies and personalizing nasal spray formulations to provide a more precise solution to those suffering from nasal congestion, coughing, sinus pain, and itchy eyes. While there are seasonal allergies, doctors are seeing an increase in allergies related to climate change, pollution, and other changes in the environment. Shuba explains, "We want to make sure that everyone knows that allergies are a chronic problem and affect your everyday life. I have allergies, so I completely sympathize with people who have bad allergies. But when you get allergies, what's happening is the inside of your nose is getting a little bit swollen. But to some extent, in the beginning, you can kind of compensate. You can get by. So, if you can't breathe to one side, you'll breathe through the other. If you can't breathe through the si