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Article: Consider allergy testing in patients with asthma.(Pulmonary Medicine)(Brief Article)
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- Family Practice News
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- June 15, 2005
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SAN ANTONIO -- Consider routine allergy testing for patients with asthma and/or allergic rhinitis, Helen Smith, M.B., advised at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.
"There's no doubt that rhinitis is one of those things that goes unnoticed and unattended to, and one could argue that identifying the allergic causes of it could reduce repeat consultations about poorly managed chronic asthma," she told this newspaper.
Her study of 127 such patients found an 83% allergy rate after skin prick testing--information which resulted in significant changes in patient habits and medications, said Dr. Smith, professor of ...