First Nations Australians are more likely to present to hospital with asthma and allergies – new research
- Written by Desalegn Markos Shifti, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Child Health Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland
Nils Versemann/ShutterstockAustralia is often called the allergy capital of the world. Allergic diseases – such as allergic asthma, hay fever, eczema and food allergies – affect almost one in five people. And this figure is expected to rise in the years to come.
An allergy happens when the body’s immune system mistakenly reacts to...
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