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Allergic and non allergic asthma
From a practical point of view, it is best to divide the asthma-related factors according to the existence of zaostrzeń. So you can distinguish allergic asthma (associated with the mechanisms of allergies) and asthma niealergiczną, patomechanizm which is not fully known.
Allergic asthma often occurs in people who in the family, or themselves, there are other allergic diseases: hay fever, urticaria, contact dermatitis, etc. In the blood serum of these persons often have elevated levels of IgE, allergy tests are positive. Allergic asthma usually occurs in childhood or young age.
Non allergic Asthma occurs in people without the "burden" a history of allergy. Allergic skin tests are negative, and the concentration of IgE in the serum of normal. Typical symptoms of asthma appear in a later age. There are some people who have the characteristics of asthma and allergic niealergicznej.
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