BREATH of fresh AIR
With the change in seasons, allergies and atopic asthma become more prevalent. Allergies can make you feel as though you have been hit by a head cold – sneezing, fatigued and with a killer headache – while asthma can be difficult to resolve until you have identified what type it is.
You may feel as if nothing has worked to alleviate your symptoms, and you’re not sure what to do next. We spoke to Dr Ismail Kalla, a pulmonologist from Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg
Academic Hospital, to provide you with a guide to the fundamentals of allergies and asthma.
WHAT ARE ALLERGIES?
“An allergy is the
