Patient journey
Respiratory allergies follow a chronic and progressing disease course, especially when left untreated1.
Allergic rhinitis is often underdiagnosed and a patient may have waited six years after the onset of symptoms to see a specialist2.
Patients
may have waited
6
years after the onset
of symptoms to see a
specialist1
Globally,
over
400
million people3
suffer from allergic
rhinitis
Asthma and allergic
rhinitis are estimated
to result in more than
100
million4 lost workdays
and missed school
days every year in Europe.
Allergen
immunotherapy is
used in less than
10%
of eligible
patients5 in the world.
1. Bousquet J, et al. Allergy 2008;63(S86):8-160 - Canonica GW, et al. World Allergy Organ J 2008;1:138-44 - Valovirta E. (2011) EFA Book on Respiratory Allergies - Raise Awareness, Relieve the Burden. www.efanet.org
2. Baena-Cagnani et al. World Allergy Organization Journal (2015) 8:10 DOI 10.1186/s40413-015-0057-0 Last accessed Febr 2024
3. Pawankar, R. (2014). Allergic diseases and asthma: a global public health concern and a call to action, BioMed Central. 7: 1-3
4. The European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Advocacy Manifesto: https://emj.emghealth.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/Connecting-the-Dots-Between-Skin-and-Allergy.pdf. Last accessed Febr 2024
5. Jutel M, et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2015;136:556–68