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Article: Allergy season can mean asthma trouble.
- Article from:
- Respiratory Therapeutics Week
- Article date:
- April 19, 2004
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2004 APR 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pollen season means more than stuffy noses and runny eyes for millions of Americans: Allergies actually are the most common cause of asthma.
Yet many sufferers don't know that pollen or other allergens are triggering their asthma attacks, knowledge that could help them breathe easier. For people with particularly severe allergic asthma, a new drug that works differently from any other asthma medicine - though it is expensive and somewhat difficult to use - may help.
"It's amazing how many people do not think 'allergies,'" despite clear patterns of wheezing, said Dr. Stanley Goldstein of the American Academy of ...