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Respiratory allergies follow a chronic and progressing disease course. Allergic rhinitis symptoms may worsen over time, especially when left untreated.
Respiratory allergies follow a chronic and progressing disease course. Allergy symptoms may worsen over time, especially when left untreated 1.
Globally, over 400 million people suffer from allergic rhinitis 2.
Allergic rhinitis is often under-diagnosed. From onset of symptoms, a patient may have waited eight years to see a specialist 3.
If left untreated, allergic rhinitis symptoms can increase, leading to a spiral of worsening co-existing conditions 4.
Asthma and allergic rhinitis are estimated to result in more than 100 million lost workdays and missed school days every year 5.
Patients can experience more than 15 days of symptoms in one month 6.
Yet allergy immunotherapy is used in <10% of eligible patients7.
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2. Pawankar R, Canonica GW, Holgate S, Lockey R, Blaiss MS. World Allergy Organization (WAO) White Book on Allergy: Update. 2013.https://www.worldallergy.org/wao-white-book-on-allergy
3. Valero A. Et al. Am J Rhinol Allergy 2011
4. Hadley JA, et al. Comorbidities and allergic rhinitis: Not just a runny nose. J Fam Pract 2012;61(2):S11-5
5 The European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Advocacy Manifesto https://www.veroval.info/-/media/diagnostics/files/knowledge/eaaci_advoc...
6. Canonica GW. Etb al. Allergy 2007;62 (suppl. 85)
7. Jutel M, et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2015;136:556–68