Submitted by Aspergillus Administrator on 23 July 2010
An article in the national media this week states that the Royal College of Physicians & Royal College of Pathologists in the UK have released a report emphasising the importance of the correct identification of the offending allergens for people who suffer from allergies.
Many sufferers seem to assume that the symptoms that they are experiencing – often pretty miserable symptoms – are hay fever that is an inevitable part of their summer. In fact for many something else is causing the problem;
12 most common inhaled allergens are:
- grass pollen
- house dust mite
- cat
- stinging nettle pollen
- hazelnut pollen
- birch pollen
- latex
- mugwort pollen
- dog
- moulds
- Aspergillus fumigatus
Alternaria alternata
Cladosporium herbarum
Avoidance of the allergen is a fundamental part of improving the life of a sufferer but all to often the patient has no idea what this is – people who thought that they suffered from hay fever are often in fact suffering from allergies to quite different allergens.
There are now kits available that a person can use to home test some airborne allergens e.g. Imutest. These can be useful as a guide but far more detailed tests would be performed by your doctor.
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