"Allergic March" on Twitter

Twitter is a microblogging service where people answer the question "What are you doing?" via 140-character messages from their cellphone, laptop or desktop. You can select the messages you find useful, amusing, or both. See an example below:

wheezemd
wheezemd Working on a lecture for Berlin this winter: "From Sneeze to Wheeze to Dyspnea"-the link between rhinitis and asthma development


Ves Dimov, M.D.
AllergyNotes @wheezemd Re: Allergic march - "From Sneeze to Wheeze to Dyspnea" - the title "From Sneeze to Wheeze to Breeze" may include the treatment part..



wheezemd
wheezemd @AllergyNotes I like it but I'm not supposed to spend much time on treatment.


The "allergic march" concept describes a progression from infantile atopic dermatitis followed by rhinitis and asthma. Early treatment of allergic rhinitis may prevent development of asthma.

Micro-blogging on Twitter is easy, fun and can be very useful and educational if you follow/subscribe to interesting people.

You can read more here: A Doctor's Opinion: Why I Started Microblogging on Twitter and
visit my account at Twitter/AllergyNotes.

References:
Allergic Rhinitis: A Short Review. Allergy Cases.
Skin-derived TSLP may trigger the progression from atopic dermatitis to asthma, thus explainig the infamous "atopic march" (Nature Immunology, 2012).

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