These direct medical costs include GP and specialist consultations for asthma-related complaints, any related hospital admissions, the diagnostic tests (i.e. chest x-ray and radioimmunoassay test for allergens), and medication use.
Current therapies of allergic diseases include allergen avoidance, medications (antihistamines, leukotriene inhibitors, oral corticosteroids), and immunotherapy (achieving allergen-specific tolerance, anti-IgE).
When a trigger is identified, most often it is a medication, allergen, or a physical agent such as pressure or cold [3].
Avoiding allergens and using inhaled medications are enough to keep asthma under control in most patients.
Other limitations include not having the individual data on sensitisation to tree pollen (skin prick or allergen specific IgE) and medication use as well as socioeconomic status.
Note foods, beverages, medications, and allergens that you may have come in contact with before the onset of a headache.
In principle, there are three treatment options for immunoglobulin E- (IgE-) mediated ARC: allergen avoidance, symptomatic medications, and allergen immunotherapy (AIT) [ 2].
The recent work by Chatzimichail et al.[ 23] reported ~0.95 of both sensitivity and specificity in predicting current asthma in symptomatic preschool children, using a machine learning approach based on previous symptoms, medications, allergen sensitisation and lung function.
It is known that due to genetic variability among people, the same physical or chemical agents (medication, radiation, chemicals, allergens, etc) may elicit responses of differing severity in different people [ 25] - the so-called individual sensitivity.
All patients completed a questionnaire on chest and upper airway symptoms, medication use, home allergen exposure, and smoking status.
