This content is machine translated Dust mite allergy Tiny components with a big impact Dust mite allergy is characterized by year-round symptoms of the nose, lungs and/or eyes. Inadequate diagnosis and treatment may favor the development of allergic asthma (“floor change”). If symptomatic therapy…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Allergen immunotherapy in asthma Successful against the house dust mite with SLIT House dust mite (HDM) is a clinically and epidemiologically important allergen in allergic asthma. Allergens can be used for treatment in sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT). Thus, the need for ICS is…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated 11th spring cycle in Lucerne Bronchial asthma in children and adolescents Childhood asthma management is now based on close patient follow-up, including self-management education. But is it asthma at all? A question to ask yourself first. Rates of overdiagnosis are high.…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Allergen-specific immunotherapy (ASIT) Effectiveness, study situation, implementation ASIT is effective for hymenopteran venom allergies and the inhalant allergies, especially to pollen. In the case of inhalant allergies, SKIT and SLIT provide a spectrum of therapeutic modalities that…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Indoor Allergens Ficus benjamina and other green housemates Ornamental plants are considered allergen-free and therefore often not considered as their cause in housebound symptomatology. At the latest since the description of Ficus benjamina as an inhalation allergen in…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated News from allergology Dust mite allergy – what’s new? At the moment, both dermato-oncologists and allergologists feel addressed by the term “immunotherapy”. Admittedly, the pathways of action of the corresponding therapies from the two disciplines have nothing to do…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Inhalation allergies An “epidemic” affecting a good third of the population Respiratory allergies, especially allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, are very common. They primarily affect the 10-30 age group, but often limit the quality of life much more sensitively in older patients. The main…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Light and climate therapy of atopic dermatitis Benefits of treatment in the high mountains For the light therapy of the atopical eczema relatively secured data can be fallen back. Moreover, numerous studies prove the favorable effect mechanisms of a stationary high mountain climatic skin…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Allergology What has happened in diagnostics and therapy? Allergies are an everyday topic in family practice. Until the beginning of this millennium, it was assumed that about one third of the western population suffers from an allergy, be…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Allergic diseases Symptomatic therapy is fast and well effective The treatment of allergic diseases, regardless of the triggering source resp. of the agent, is based on three principles: avoidance, symptomatic treatment, and allergen-specific treatments such as specific immunotherapy. Most…
