Dr Rajiv Sood
Paediatric Consultant and Allergy Specialist
MBBS, FRCPCH, FRCP, PG Cert Allergy
I am an allergy specialist and treat food allergy, nuts allergy, skin eczema, respiratory allergy, urticaria, angioedema, eye allergy, hay fever, anaphylaxis and provide immunotherapy treatment for grass, tree, house dust mite, peanut PALFORZIA, milk and egg allergy. I undertake skin prick tests and arrange allergy blood tests. I also undertake anti IgE treatment and Omalizumab injections.
I deal with all childhood health concerns from newborn to 18 years age. I treat colic, feeding difficulties, failure to gain adequate weight, reflux, constipation, prolonged diarrhoea, chest infections, chronic cough, urinary tract infections, daytime and nighttime bedwetting and all other general paediatric problems in children.
I undertake food challenges under medical supervision and arrange adrenalin autoinjectors and Basic Life Support (BLS) training for families.
I have been a Consultant Paediatrician since 1998 and have over 40 years of clinical experience.
I have 8 Clinical Excellence Awards from The Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards (ACCEA), an independent advisory committee on distinction awards.
I am available for virtual consultations.
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Rajiv Sood at Spire include:
Paediatrics
- Allergy testing
- Eczema and dermatitis treatment
Other treatments
Allergy:
- Allergy testing, skin prick tests and blood tests
- Anti IgE Omalizumab injections
- Eczema
- Eye allergy, hay fever
- Food allergy
- Immunotherapy for grass, tree and house dust mite allergy
- Milk, egg and peanut immunotherapy
- Nuts allergy
- Treatment for pollen allergy, grass, tree and house dust mite
- Urticaria, angioedema, anaphylaxis
Other:
- All health related problems in children from newborn to 18 years age
- Abdominal pain, colic, reflux, constipation, diarrhoea
- Feeding difficulties, failure to gain adequate weight
- Headache, migraine
- Chest problems, chronic cough, infections, pneumonia, asthma
- Urinary tract infections, daytime and nighttime wetting
- Muscle and bone problems
- Anaemia, iron deficiency, vitamin deficiencies
- General neurology problems
- Arranging investigations, blood test, CT scan, MRI, Ultrasound
Get in touch
Additional information
Clinical interests
Allergy
Special clinical interests: General Paediatrics including emergency paediatrics. Allergy: food, skin, eye, hay fever, urticaria, anaphylaxis, injection adrenalin training, allergy skin prick testing, allergy desensitisation (immunotherapy), asthma, eczema, new born and infants-colic, reflux, feeding difficulties, failure to gain weight, routine health check, prolonged diarrhoea, constipation, abdominal pain, urinary tract infections, day time and night time wetting, headache, young children and adolescent medical problems.
Qualification and professional memberships
Professional memberships
Fellow Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health (FRCPCH)
Fellow Royal College of Physicians (FRCP)
British Society for Allergy & Clinical Immunology (BSACI)
European Academy of Allergy & Clinical Immunology
World Allergy Organisation
British Medical Association (BMA)
Current NHS posts
Paediatric Consultant and Allergist, Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust, East London