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1997 – New asthma guidelines recommend mite allergen avoidance in asthma management

Newly revised British Thoracic Society Guidelines for the Management of Asthma are published and distributed. The guidelines offer some support for mite avoidance, but report that mite reduction is very difficult to achieve and benefits remain to be proven effective.

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1. 1993 – The revised British Thoracic Society (BTS) Guidelines for the Management of Asthma did not support mite avoidance in asthma
2. 1992 – A further mite avoidance study in children with asthma demonstrates health improvements; plus doctors write in unison to support allergen avoidance in disease management
3. 2003 – Mite allergen avoidance to improve asthma, is still not accepted as effective by medical establishments
4. 2008 – Allergen avoidance is the first step in treating chronic rhinitis
5. Sleeping in allergen-free air improves asthma during the day

Thorax; Feb. 1997 Vol. 52, Supplement 1, page S4