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Among all allergic and respiratory-related diseases, asthma makes up the majority.

Posted on Fri, 26 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700 at http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/2712...sthma.html
Author: no@email.com (Ken Cheong)

You may wonder what allergies and asthma have in common besides a maddening ability to make you miserable. A lot, as it turns out. Allergies and asthma often occur together. In fact, allergic asthma (allergy-induced asthma) is the most common type of asthma in the United States.

If you have both allergies and asthma, the same substances that trigger your allergy symptoms can also inflame your airways, leading to asthma symptoms such as shortness of breath, wheezing and chest tightness.