Two specialists debated the evidence on immunotherapy for cat allergy at a recent allergology conference.
In the field of allergology, desensitization to animals, specifically cats, is rarely prescribed. Has allergen immunotherapy , which has long been considered ineffective, evolved? What other solutions are there for patients who are allergic to cats? These questions were the subject of a presentation at the latest Francophone Congress of Allergology.
"Although acknowledging that precise research data are rather scarce, allergen IT for cat allergy is indicated in cases that truly require it," said Demoly. "A good piece of news," he remarked, not without irony, knowing that cats, along with dogs, are the leading causes of respiratory allergies after dust mites and pollens.
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