Allergy prevention recommendations

Asthma and lower airways

Recommendations:

• AIT for more than 3 years in patients with AR -> prevents asthma Schmitt et al., 2015
• Mediterranean diet, food enriched in vitamin C, E and D, fruits and fish from pregnancy on -> prevents asthma & wheeze (Garcia-Larsen et al., 2015)
• Introduction of fish from 6 months -> prevents asthma (Lumia et al., 2015)
• Higher consumption of cow milk products (with and without CMA)-> prevents atopic asthma (Lumia et al., 2015)
• Higher and longer consumption of breast milk -> prevents non-atopic asthma (Lumia et al., 2015)
• Clinically controlled sojourns at high altitude, especially for steroid-dependent patients -> antiasthmatic effects (Schultze-Werninghaus, 2006)
• Outside activity, reduced amount of sitting in front of a screen -> positive effect on asthma (Platts-Mills, 2015)