Educating clients about the specific
allergic disease affecting their dog should increase compliance.
«Asthma and
allergic diseases affect up to 20 percent of people in developed countries, and their prevalence is increasing,» says Cruse.
Not exact matches
Globally, over 220 million people suffer from food allergies and most countries report an increase in incidence.26 It is predicted that by 2050 the number of patients
affected by
allergic diseases in Australia will increase by 70 % to 7.7 million.27 By 2021, the markets for naturally healthy (US$ 291 billion), food intolerance (US$ 42 billion) and organic products (US$ 45 billion) are expected to have grown at up to 4.5 % compound annual growth rate (CAGR).28
«Asthma and airway
allergic responses are among the most common chronic
diseases in childhood
affecting more than 6 million children in the US,» said John Wherry, Ph.D., Deputy Editor of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology.
The
allergic form is most common and
affects more than 4 million people worldwide, according to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Coughing can be a symptom of several maladies, including heartworm
disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease,
allergic bronchitis, cardiomyopathy, congestive heart
disease, lung cancer, and several other pathologies that can
affect the upper and lower airways.
Most of the
allergic disease that occurs in dogs and cats
affects the skin.
Flea bite hypersensitivity and flea
allergic dermatitis (FAD) is a skin
disease that
affects many animals, including cats and dogs.
As discussed in previous blogs, chronic ear issues are most commonly due to pre-existing
allergic skin
disease, sometimes
affecting other areas of the body as well.