Top in allergy/asthma: How to remove mold; long-term effects of infant food allergy
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Mold in the home can compound the symptoms of people with allergies and asthma, but soap and water can combat it effectively — just stay away from bleach, which can irritate the lungs, an expert said.
“The EPA no longer recommends cleaning with bleach,” Andrea M. Jensen, CHES, AE-C, said during her presentation at the Association of PAs in Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Allergy, Asthma & Immunology CME Conference.
It was the top story in allergy/asthma last week.
Another top story was about research that showed food allergy at age 1 year was independently associated with reduced lung function and asthma at age 6 years. Rachel L. Peters, PhD, reported that her team conducted the “first study to show an association between infant food allergy and later lung function.”
Read these and more top stories in allergy/asthma below:
Patients can be proactive in mitigating mold, mildew in their homes
Patients with asthma and allergies exacerbated by mold and mildew can be proactive in mitigating their effects at home, according to a presentation. Read more.
Food allergy associated with lung function deficits, asthma at age 6 years
Infants with a food allergy experience a greater risk for deficits in lung function and for asthma at age 6 years, according to a study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. Read more.
Omalizumab efficacy for asthma similar among children of different races
Children with asthma aged 6 years to younger than 12 years had similar reductions in exacerbations with Xolair (omalizumab; Genentech, Novartis) regardless of race, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. Read more.
Beware obligations in patient-provider relationships
By consenting to provide care to patients who are seeking it, practitioners establish relationships with those patients. But these transactions are not as simple as they seem, an expert said. Read more.
Q&A: Drug allergy diagnosis project could ‘touch every single specialty’
Drug allergy diagnosis could become more precise, cutting down on mislabeled allergies and needless drug avoidance, as a result of upcoming work comparing different types of drug hypersensitivity reactions. Read more.