Often, children have a number of allergic conditions at once, including asthma, eczema, food allergy, hay fever or a constantly blocked nose (also known as allergic rhinitis).(PUN09)
“Asthma and allergies come closely hand-in-hand, together with other skin problems such as eczema and it’s almost misleading to consider them as separate diseases. They are all different manifestations of the same condition and they need to be studied together.”
Professor Somnath Mukhopadhyay, speaking on BBC Radio Sussex
(PUN09) Punekar YS and Sheikh A. Clin Exp Allergy 2009; 39(8): 1209-1216.
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