The children who are suffering from allergies and asthma aggravated by dust mites can get a relief. A team of researchers have claimed that three years of allergy shots can provide long term relief to allergic asthma.
Allergic children get problems from proteins within the bodies and faeces of the mites. These allergens are common in pillows, mattresses, carpeting, stuffed animals and upholstered furniture. According to researchers, there could be as many as 19,000 dust mites in one gram of dust!
"The recommended duration of immunotherapy for long-term effectiveness has been three to five years," Iwona Stelmach, from the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), and lead author of the study has been quoted as saying.
"Our research shows that three years is an adequate duration for the treatment of childhood asthma associated with house dust mites. An additional two years adds no clinical benefit," Stelmach has been quoted in the journal Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
Immunotherapy, also referred as allergy shots, can change the development of progression of allergic disease. The treatment offer patient’s relief from of symptoms, while preventing asthma and the development of other allergies, an ACAAI statement has been quoted as saying.
The study also observed that 50 percent of children with asthma due to dust mites experienced relief after three years of treatment, with greatly reduced or no controller medications required at that point.
"It has long been observed that the effectiveness of allergy shots continues long after treatment has been completed," allergist James Sublett, who holds the chair of the ACAAI Indoor Environment Committee has been reported saying.
"This study is among the first to look at the benefits of different lengths of therapy. Not only does it provide long-term therapeutic benefits for both children and adults, it can reduce total healthcare costs by 33 to 41 percent."
--with inputs from IANS
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