Non-traditional forms of treatment may offer relief for allergy sufferers

Nearly 100 million people suffer from allergies and asthma, with symptoms ranging from the occasional sniffle to debilitating headaches and additional pains. While taking traditional medicines and altering your lifestyle can offer some relief, new alternative treatments like biofeedback, immunotherapy and phototherapy are helping allergy sufferers take control of their symptoms.
To better determine which treatment may help patients find relief, it’s important to understand what’s behind the seemingly meteoric  rise in allergens.....

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Obesity may raise girls' risk of asthma, allergies

(HealthDay News) -- Obese girls may face a significantly higher risk for developing allergies, a new study suggests.
But the researchers found the opposite was true for obese boys: They may actually face a slightly diminished risk for asthma, food allergies and eczema when compared to normal-weight boys.
"We found a direct increase in the number of atopic [allergic] diseases associated with obesity in urban female children and teenagers, but not in males," said study co-author Dr. Sairaman Nagarajan. He's a resident physician in the department of pediatrics at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in New York City.....

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Many Children With Asthma Use Their Inhalers Incorrectly, Leading To Serious Complications

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - DENVER — Common mistakes taking inhaled medications for asthma leave many patients with uncontrolled asthma, leading to unnecessary asthma attacks, emergency room visits and hospital admissions among the seven million children with asthma in the United States.
“We see a lot of children, in fact, who just don’t know how to use their inhalers at all,” said BJ Lanser, MD, a pediatrician and asthma specialist at National Jewish Health in Denver. “For whatever reason, they were given the inhalers but were never taught the proper techniques in how to use them, and that can lead to serious problems”.....

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