Many people come to my office and, when I ask about their medical history, they tell me: I have allergic rhinitis caused by olive pollen and/or dust mites, and then, at the end of the interview, they tell me they also have asthma. As if having asthma were something unrelated to allergies. The patient is unaware that asthma is an allergic disease and, therefore, can be cured and largely prevented.

A review of more than 3,000 scientific papers on allergic rhinitis concluded that allergic rhinitis and asthma are not two distinct pathologies, as was once believed, but rather manifestations of the same disease: allergies. More than 30% of patients who suffer from allergic rhinitis also have asthma, and between 90% and 95% of those affected by asthma have allergic rhinitis.

To prevent the onset of asthma in patients with allergic rhinitis, there is only one treatment that has been proven to be effective: allergen vaccination.

Remember: Rhinitis and asthma are symptoms of the same allergic disease, not two different pathologies.