Allergy and Asthma Linked to Children
According to U.S researchers, the food allergies are common among infants as well as to toddlers, but the dust, ragweed and allergies in molds are more common among adults and teens.
UPI.com reported that the primary results of the Quest Diagnostics Health Trends Report, Allergies across America are based on the testing in the laboratory from more that 2 million U.S patients visits.
“The findings reveal a pattern of allergen sensitivity consistent with the “allergy march,” a medical condition by which allergies to foods in early childhood heighten the risk for the development of additional and more severe allergy-related conditions, including asthma, later in life, the study says.” http://www.thirdage.com/news/allergy-and-asthma-a-link-in-children_05-27-2011
The senior medical director at Quest Diagnostics Dr. Harvey W. Kaufman said that findings shows that those who have asthma who were tested for allergies were more likely to have 20 percent more to have an allergy, particularly to indoor allergens like mold and house dust mites, as compared to those who were tested without asthma.
Kaufman added that the findings support the medical guidelines that recommend the patients with asthma to identify and minimize the potential allergens that could worsen the disease.
He further said that the allergy and asthma frequently go hand in hand, and the development of asthma is usually associated in childhood through allergy march. Because of the growing occurrence of asthma in the United States, the study underscores the need of the clinicians to appraise and treat the patients, most especially the young children who were suspected of having food allergies in order to lessen the prospect that more severe allergic conditions and asthma will develop with age.
