I am a specialist in Respiratory Medicine with special interest in Interventional Pulmonary, Allergy-Asthma, Immunology, Tuberculosis, Pleural diseases, Covid and post covid syndromes, Sleep Medicine, critical care and other Respiratory diseases.
Allergic asthma is a chronic inflammatory condition where your lungs become inflamed, and your airways tighten when you inhale an allergen. It’s also known as allergy-induced asthma.
In people with allergic asthma, exposure to allergens triggers the immune system to produce too much immunoglobulin E (IgE). This causes the airways to swell, leading to symptoms such as shortness of breath and wheezing.
People with allergic asthma usually start feeling symptoms after inhaling an allergen, such as pollen, mold, dust mites, or pet dander. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America reports that an estimated 60 percent of people with asthma have allergic asthma.
However, not everyone with asthma has allergies. Allergic asthma should be diagnosed and treated by an allergist.
An allergic reaction occurs when your immune system overreacts to the presence of a harmless substance called an allergen. Allergic asthma is when you develop breathing difficulties from inhaling allergens. It occurs when the airways swell as part of an allergic reaction.
Common allergens that can cause allergic asthma include:
An asthma attack that’s due to allergic asthma causes the same symptoms as other types of asthma. The difference is the trigger. Allergic asthma may also cause other symptoms that are linked to the allergy itself.
Symptoms of an asthma attack include:
