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Women With Asthma Due To Hormonal Changes
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I attended a very interesting talk about the question of the possible prevalence of asthma in premenopausal and premenstrual women presented by Dr. Nancy Ostrom and Dr. Andrea Apter at the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) conference in Philadelphia. Ostrom's short answer was: "Yes, there is higher prevalence of asthma in women in these phases of their lives." (This is for women who already experience mild to severe asthma). Ostrom said she probed the literature and...
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