Upper airway and skin symptoms in allergic and non-allergic asthma: Results from the Swedish GA2LEN study.

Mary KämpeMaria VosoughAndrei MalinovschiMohammad AlimohammadiKjell AlvingBertil ForsbergJan LötvallRoelinde MiddelveldBarbro DahlénChrister Janson

Published in: The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma (2017)

Concomitant symptoms from the upper airways and the skin were significantly more common in both allergic and non-allergic asthma. This indicates that non-allergic asthma has a systemic component with similarities to what is found in allergic asthma. There were similarities in the childhood risk factor pattern between the two types of asthma but asthma-related quality of life was lower in the non-allergic asthma group.

Keyphrases

allergic rhinitis
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
risk factors
atopic dermatitis
air pollution
pet ct
early life
sleep quality
wound healing