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EDITORIAL URRENT Allergic diseases and asthma: a major global PINION health concern a b c Ruby Pawankar , Giorgio W. Canonica , Stephen T. Holgate , and Richard F. Lockey The prevalence of allergic diseases and asthma asthma causes 250 000 deaths annually. Moreover, is increasing worldwide, particularly in low and asthma in infancy often goes unrecognized and thus middle-income countries. Moreover, the complexity untreated. In the United States, 23 million people and severity of allergic diseases, including asthma, including 7 million children suffer from asthma and continue to increase especially in children and the prevalence is increasing. The economic costs of young adults, who are bearing the greatest burden asthma are high both in terms of direct and indirect of these trends. In order to address this major global costs [1] (Table 1), especially in severe or uncon- challenge that threatens health and economies trolled asthma. In the United States, pediatric alike, it is important to have a global action plan asthma results in 14 million missed days of school that includes partnerships involving different each year, which in turn result in lost workdays – stakeholders from low-income, middle-income, and lost wages – for caregivers [2]. As asthma
Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology – Wolters Kluwer Health
Published: Feb 1, 2012
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