Glen Allen doctor says people travel from across East Coast for his unique allergy relief treatments

Allergy sufferers in Central Virginia have a new way to combat symptoms that won't require weekly visits to the doctor's office.

Dr. Jaimin Patel at Allerpoint, located at Richmond Allergy in Glen Allen, is Virginia's sole provider of intralymphatic immunotherapy, known as ILIT.

Unlike traditional allergy shots that take years of scheduled visits, ILIT requires three ultrasound-guided injections into a lymph node spaced four weeks apart over a two-month period.

"Over time, I became interested in immunotherapy. It's because I can have a direct impact on the immune system and that can provide long-lasting benefit for the patients," Patel said.

Patel said most allergists do not seek to offer the procedure because of the required ultrasound training. He received that training during his internal medicine studies at Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine in Blacksburg.

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