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Article: World Allergy Day, July 8, 2005 - Allergies on the Rise.
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- PR Newswire Europe
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- June 30, 2005
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MUNICH, Germany, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The prevalence of allergic disorders such as hay fever, asthma and neurodermitis has increased so drastically over the past decade that experts speak in terms of an epidemic-like situation. One in every four Germans suffers from hay fever, and approximately 22 per cent of the world's population suffers from allergic rhinitis, as it is termed by allergologists. According to World Allergy Organization (WAO) president Prof. Carlos E. Baena-Cagnani from Argentina, there are now 300 million asthma patients worldwide. In Germany, up to 4.4 per cent of all adults and approximately three to seven per cent of all children and teenagers ...