May is Allergy and Asthma Month...

Learn the basics to Asthma and Allergy.

Allergies are diseases of the immune system that cause an overreaction to substances called "allergens." They are generally grouped by the kind of trigger, time of year, or where symptoms appear on the body. Types of allergies include:

- Indoor and outdoor (hay fever, seasonal, perennial, or    nasal allergies)
- Food and drug
- Latex
- Insect
- Skin
- Eye

Asthma is a disease of the lungs in which the airways become blocked or narrowed causing breathing difficulty. This chronic disease affects 20 million Americans. Asthma is commonly divided into two types:

- Allergic (extrinsic)
- Non-allergic (intrinsic)

If you would like more information about Allergies and Asthma, please visit the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America online at: http://www.aafa.org or contact SCRMC.

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