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# dollars spent on prescription and non prescrition allergy meds each year
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4 billion dollars - does not include any indirect costs/ office visits etc.
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what % of the population has allergic rhinitis?
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20-25%. most developed early in life, very few after adolescence
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is asthma and/or atopic dermatitis mostly atopic?
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yes, both have predominantly type 1 hypersenstivity as a cause
atopic predisposition is thought to be genetic |
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degranulation of a mast cell in the mucosa of the respiratory or GI tract requires?
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crosslinking of 2 IgE ab on their mast cell receptors
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