Auckland Allergy Specialists | Vincent Crump is an Allergy Clinic run by Dr Vincent Crump who has over 40 years’ experience in treating Allergic Diseases in adults and children in the UK, Jamaica and New Zealand.
We offer the following services for adults and children for all conditions related to allergy
What is Immunology?
Immunology is the branch of biomedical science that is concerned with the study of the structure, function and disorders of the immune system. The immune system is a complex system of organs and cells that recognises foreign material, e.g. bacteria and viruses, in our bodies and builds a defence against them.
Immunology includes: the use of vaccines to protect against diseases; the role of the immune system in non-infectious diseases such as cancer and allergies and the destruction of the body’s own tissues by the immune system (autoimmunity).
A doctor who specialises in the prevention, diagnosis and management of immune system disorders is called an immunologist.
