Allergies: between truth and false myths

Le allergies seasonal are increasingly prevalent among both children and adults, for reasons ranging from increased pollen production by some plants to global warming, from a greater generalized predisposition of the population to the negative effects of pollution on the respiratory system, which can facilitate sensitizations (or otherwise worsen them). But do we know exactly what we are talking about when we say “allergy”? Try to test to which information is true and to which
false myths
you refer to in your daily life.

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Influence

Seasonal influenza is an infectious disease of viral origin that is transmitted by the respiratory route through virus-laden vapor particles released into the air by infected individuals through breathing, coughing,

Allergic rhinitis

Allergic rhinitis is aninflammation of the mucosa lining the inner cavities of the nose (nasal mucosa).

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Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic, debilitating and severe respiratory disease characterized by progressive deterioration and “scarring” of lung tissue, which reduce respiratory capacity and gradually make it more difficult to

Pulmonary emphysema

Emphysema is a respiratory condition that is part of the clinical picture characteristic of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is characterized by a progressive destruction of the lung septa

Obstructive sleep apnea

Repetitive episodes of upper airway obstruction may occur during sleep, often accompanied by reduced oxygen saturation. Such episodes are accompanied in almost all cases by snoring. Apneas often end with

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

According to the official definition, COPD is “a pathological condition of the respiratory system characterized by chronic and partially reversible airflow obstruction to which bronchial (chronic bronchitis), bronchiolar, (small airway

Bronchitis

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Pleuritis

Pleurisy is a respiratory disease characterized by acute irritation and inflammation of the pleura, the two-layer membrane that surrounds the lungs and separates them from other organs and fluids in

Bronchial asthma

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