All About Asthma ? 20 Questions About Allergy-Triggered Asthma

20 Questions About Allergy-Triggered Asthma
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Robert A. Nathan, MD, is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and director of the Asthma and Allergy Associates and Research Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Q:? What?s the difference between asthma that is due to allergies and asthma that is not?

A: Allergic asthma is an overreactive immunologic response that occurs because a person?s body makes too much of an immune system component called immunoglobulin E (IgE). People with allergic asthma are bothered by common allergens like animal dander, dust mites, pollen, mold, or cockroaches, and they are often allergic to more than one of these things.

When a person has asthma that isn?t related to allergies, but is instead triggered by factors that act directly on the lungs, such as infections, exercise, cold air, pollution, and stress, they have non-allergic asthma. Many people with asthma have a combination of non-allergic and allergic asthma. Of the nearly 19 million adults in the United States with asthma, about half have asthma that?s related to allergies. But just 20 percent of adults with asthma have sympt????? continues on MSN Health & Fitness

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Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics Fills Cupid?s Quiver with 10 ?
News from Sacramento Bee:

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2012 ? /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ ? Planning to celebrate the most romantic day of the year with your food-allergic sweetheart? Or is it the pollen, pet or mold allergies that have you worried about asthma symptoms flaring? Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA) offers these Cupid-studded tips.

A Romantic?s Cheat Sheet

Dining out: It?s one of the busiest nights of the year. Make special dietary requests at the time of your reservation. A discreet note passed to the waiter when you arrive can remind kitchen staff and servers to be watchful of your sweetheart?s special dish.

Dining in: Be as adventurous as you dare with flavors and cuisine, but read ALL food labels when included and stay away from known allergens.

Pucker up: Only if you?ve observed the same dietary cautions as your sweetie! If you?ve goofed and eaten foods your sweetheart?s allergic to, all is not lost. Brush your teeth and tongue, wash your face and hands and, by all mean, ?fess up!

Fuming fragrance: Perfumes evoke the senses, but can also provoke gasping and shortness of breath. Best to leave this one off the gift list unless it?s already passed the sniff test.

Floral congestion: continues on Sacramento Bee

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