Thirty specialists in Allergology, between medical staff and nursing from various health departments in the province of Alicante have been a day in the mountains of Vall de Laguar to know in situ the native flora. The aim is to identify the properties of the local vegetation and its alergógena capacity.
For Mónica Antón, President of the AVAIC "allergists have to be familiar with the different types of pollens that there is to know what is affecting our patients; even if plantations of new species, we need to know".
The meeting, which had as its main core fieldwork outside the village of Benimaurell, has been organized by AVAIC, Valencian Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology.
It is an annual meeting that travels through each of the regions of the Valencian Community. On this occasion the chosen one has been the Marina Alta, rich in mites, parietaria, grasses and olive trees.
The group has been mentored by two ethnobotanical, which have highlighted the importance of knowing not only the biological characteristics of different vegatales species but also other factors such as the weather.
In this sense one expert, Daniel Climent, noted that "el knowledge of place names, such as "La Carrasqueta" also gives us an idea of the abundance of particular species in a particular area. Are details, he adds, to consider, as they can become a good tool for the patient and avoid frequenting places with certain toponímicos in flowering times".
The importance of the vaccine
For its part, the allergist's Hospital de DéniaIrene Iglesias, stressed the importance of immunotherapy as the most effective therapeutic tool for allergy patients.
The vaccine is indicated from the 5 years old. a minimum of 3 years and a maximum of 5 is supplied in monthly doses.
