Healthcare
Allergist
Diagnose, treat, and help prevent allergic diseases and disease processes affecting the immune system.
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Growth: Stable
GROWTH OUTLOOK
Stable
Overview
Diagnose, treat, and help prevent allergic diseases and disease processes affecting the immune system.
Daily Responsibilities
8- Diagnose or treat allergic or immunologic conditions.
- Educate patients about diagnoses, prognoses, or treatments.
- Order or perform diagnostic tests such as skin pricks and intradermal, patch, or delayed hypersensitivity tests.
- Prescribe medication such as antihistamines, antibiotics, and nasal, oral, topical, or inhaled glucocorticosteroids.
- Interpret diagnostic test results to make appropriate differential diagnoses.
- Document patients' medical histories.
Education
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