• Question: why if you have asthma do you have a higher chance of getting xma?

    Asked by Luke to Dan on 17 Jun 2016.
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      Dan Lewis answered on 17 Jun 2016:

      Both are linked to allergies. Both are associated with inflammation (swelling). With asthma, this swelling is in the air passages of the lungs. With eczema it’s on the skin.A study conducted by the University of Dundee by Professor Irwin Mclean believes that the a suffer would lack a gene that produces filaggrin, a protein which prevents skin dryness in your body, the skin can become inflamed and could develop eczema. The lack of filaggrin may also mean more foreign bodies entering your lungs, this can lead to asthma.

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