Xolair Injections

Greetings,

A few years ago I was diagnosed with Samters Traid, an allergice reaction to aspirin, nasal polyps and asthma. After researching this further I am told that my asthma is allergy induced and that I might benefit from Xolair Injections. I am curious to her any pros and cons from participants of this forum.

Bill

[National Jewish]

The immune system normally protects your body by fighting harmful things such as infections.  Allergies can start at any age.  In people who are allergic, the immune system acts in a different way.  With an allergy, the immune system reacts to something that is normally harmless.  A normally harmless substance that causes an allergic reaction is called an allergen.  With the first exposure to an allergen, there are no symptoms, but the body remembers it as harmful.  With later exposures, the immune system produces a substance called immunoglobulin E (IgE).  IgE is an antibody that tells special cells to release chemicals.  One of these chemicals is histamine.  These chemicals cause uncomfortable and sometimes dangerous allergy symptoms.  When a person has allergy-induced asthma, this will make their asthma worse.

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