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Telemedicine Survey for Patients

COVID-19 has forced citizens and healthcare professionals (HCP) all over the world to significantly change their daily routines. The European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology covers a broad variety of immunological and allergy-related topics for healthcare workers, scientist and also patients. In our Task Force on Telemedicine, we would like to find out about your opinion on telemedicine and whether you consider remote contacts suitable for health-related consultations. Our aim is to observe the current situation in order to provide new proposals and improvements. This can only be done with your collaboration as citizens and patients. If you would like to join our mission, please fill in the following questionnaire by April 4. Click below to find the survey in your language! Thanks a lot and stay safe!

Striking Statistics

615%

increase in hospital admissions for anaphylaxis in 20 years

150m

people have allergies in Europe

10m

adults suffer from more than one allergy

20k

admitted to hospital each year with allergy

Help raise awareness! Tell us your allergy story...

Losing my career and almost my life puts things into
a different perspective. I remind myself how fortunate
I am to be here and enjoy my family and that’s the
silver lining in my cloud!
– Jo, latex
The psychological processing of the issues
and implications of an allergy/coeliac diagnosis
is vital to ongoing adherence and well being.
– Hazel , coeliac
Having food allergies has made our family feel more
connected to our community. We are so appreciative
of those who go the extra mile to ensure my son is safe
and welcome when we are away from home.
– Erin, food allergies
Hay fever (grass pollen). Ruins my summers.
Three showers and three changes of clothes a day
helps but it's still agony!
– Jamie, hay fever
Having an allergy has motivated me to always cook
at home and from scratch so that I know exactly what
I'm eating!
– Emma , peanut allergy
My partner thankfully also stays clear from gluten
and cow's milk and we both enjoy goats milk and
cheese. It can feel hard in friendship groups if you
can't go and have a meal in a certain place and
you have to always check the back of the pack.
– Amy, cow’s milk
I'm allergic to pollen (mostly trees) so spring is a disaster.
A combination of homeopathy and air purifier just about
contains it.
– Kinomi, pollen
Have you ever been itching for some reason?
Then you know what it means. Can you imagine
yourself itching all your life?
– Lina, eczema
Allergy to mold/fungi leads to ear pressure and sore
eyes! I have been working with a nutritionist to change
diet. It's just depressing to have and goes on and on,
it can make me feel foggy and tired (between
10am and around 3pm...working hours!)
– Nick, mould and fungi
I stayed in an AirBnB before a client meeting...
the place obviously had a cat, because I woke up
with red hives all over my face!
– Beth, cat allergy
Experimenting with recipes is important and not
giving up when it all goes wrong and you have to
throw all those very expensive ingredients away!
It’s a well known family joke that one day I’ll open
my very own bistro called “The Gluten Free Emporium”!
– Helen, gluten
Allergic to cats, dogs, horses and spent my entire
life avoiding them as they’d make me sneeze, itch
& break out in hives... until last year when I found a
hypoallergenic breed of dog (who is now receiving
23 years of previously unspent love for pets!)
– Evie, pet allergy
It helps just to have someone say ‘I get it’ or ‘we’ve
been there’, and has definitely helped to reduce
the feeling that nobody understands the challenges
we encounter daily.
– Sarah, egg allergy
When everyone welcomes spring time, I know what
this time of year does to me. For me spring time is
stuffy nose, red and watery eyes, sneezing and
coughing. I am out of breath as my allergic rhinitis
blocks my nose and my asthma prevents me from
care - free activities. I lose count of the medications
that I take and I feel drowsy during my lessons.
– Georgina, rhinitis

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