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Article: Dust-Mite Allergy Shot May Help Asthmatics
- Article from:
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- June 23, 1993
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UFbylcrBy Susan Ince
Medical Tribune News Service
A new type of allergy shot may ease or eliminate asthma symptoms
in people who are allergic to dust mites, say researchers in Belgium.
Sixty to 90 percent of children and young adults with asthma are
allergic to dust mites, microscopic eight-legged creatures that live
in house dust and thrive on humidity, according to Dr. Thomas A. W.
Platts-Mills, head of the division of asthma and allergic disease at
the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville.
Many asthma experts believe the rising worldwide incidence of
asthma may be partly due to growing numbers of dust mites as houses
are more tightly insulated.
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