Differences and similarities between allergies and asthma

Allergies are the most common cause of inflammation, especially in younger patients, which is the basis of most asthma.

Allergies are on the rise, especially in Western countries [compared to people in the less affluent rural areas of the world], and there is growing evidence that asthma is an environmentally induced disease.

This raises the challenging possibility that we may prevent asthma by changing the environment.

Treating asthma by eliminating causes [ie, triggers] may prove successful when the cause is easily eliminated, such as dust or vapor inhaled by the office.

The same is true when the reason is a pet such as a cat or a dog, but the absence of a pet-loving relationship usually prevents this.

House dust mites are one of the most common causes of asthma, but fully ridding mites to produce significant differences requires such significant and costly changes to the patient's lifestyle that it is rarely successful.

Research is currently underway to develop future treatments that can alter or reduce allergic processes in the body and help all asthma patients.

Asthma and allergies

o The cause of inflammation [airway] in most asthmatics in young patients is one or more allergies.

o People in Western countries have allergies and allergies are rising compared to people in less wealthy parts of the world.

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