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Article: Double the sufferers - and we dont know why yet House dust mites are the trigger
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- Evening Mail
- Article date:
- January 22, 1998
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THE number of children suffering from asthma has more than
doubled
in the past 20 years.
Experts admit that they dont fully understand the reasons, but
there are several theories.
"We dont think there is one single cause of asthma, so there are
likely to be a number of potential reasons for the rise," says Jason
Harding, spokesman for the National Asthma Campaign.
"These could be things like the change in our (House dust mites
are the trigger) indoor environment over the past 20 or 30 years.
Homes are a lot warmer now and there is more humidity. People also
have wall-to wall carpets and a lot more softfurnishings.
"These things may all seem innocuous enough, but it is an ideal
environment ...