Written in clinic, for the questions asked in clinic.
Plain explanations of allergy, asthma and lung disease, and of the tests used to sort one from another — with the local detail that general websites leave out. Written and reviewed by Dr. Radhika Sharma.
Dr. Radhika Sharma’s Allergy & Lung Clinic in Jubilee Hills: Specialised Care for Asthma, Allergies, and Lung Diseases
Dr. Radhika Sharma’s Allergy & Lung Clinic in Jubilee Hills provides specialised evaluation and personalised management for asthma, recurring allergies, persistent cough, and breathing difficulties. Learn when to see a specialist and how identifying underlying triggers helps manage respiratory health.
Is it dust allergy, or something else?
"Dust allergy" is the commonest self-diagnosis in India, and it is not a diagnosis at all. House dust mite, storage mite, cockroach, mould and construction dust behave completely differently — and only some of them are allergy. Here is how we tell them apart, and why it changes the treatment.
Tests ExplainedThe food intolerance blood test you paid for doesn't work. Here's why.
IgG food panels are sold widely in India and cause real harm through unnecessary food avoidance. What IgG actually measures, why every allergy body advises against these tests, and what genuinely diagnoses a food problem.
AllergyHomeopathy, Ayurveda and allergy: an honest answer to the question everyone asks me
The question asked in almost every consultation, answered without contempt. What allergen immunotherapy does, how it differs in dose and evidence, and why it is reasonable to have tried other things first.
Asthma & LungsYou finished TB treatment. Why are you still breathless?
Being cured of tuberculosis does not mean the lungs went back to normal. Post-TB lung disease is common, under-recognised and treatable — and it starts with a spirometry test nobody offered you.
For ParentsYour child has been nebulised three times this year. Should they be on a preventer?
On inhaled steroids, growth, and why a nebuliser in a clinic feels safer to parents than a small inhaler at home — when the opposite is closer to the truth.
Living in HyderabadCongress grass: why Parthenium causes a rash as well as sneezing
It arrived in India in the 1950s in imported grain and now grows on every vacant plot. It is the commonest cause of plant dermatitis in the country, and it is badly under-diagnosed in people who work outdoors.
Living in HyderabadMonsoon asthma: why June to September is the hardest season for your lungs
Damp raises indoor mould and dust mite, viral infections cluster, and thunderstorms can break pollen into pieces small enough to reach the lower airway. What actually helps, including the things that cost nothing.
Clinic updates
Latest from the clinic
Short notices — new services, seasonal warnings, changes to timings.
- Sep 2026Skin prick testing now read and explained in the same visitNo second appointment for results. Allow about 90 minutes for a first visit that includes testing.
- Sep 2026Post-monsoon mould: a fortnight to be carefulThe two weeks after the rain retreats are reliably the worst of the year for mould-sensitised patients. If your preventer was stepped down in summer, this is the time to review it.
- Aug 2026Sublingual immunotherapy started for house dust mite and PartheniumDrops and tablets taken at home, reviewed in clinic. Suitable only after testing confirms what you react to.
- Jul 2026Smoking cessation clinic open to anyone, ready or notIncluding for smokeless tobacco. You do not need a quit date to come in and talk.
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