Vaccine for dust-mite allergy to be available for home use

By The Nation

 

 

Mahidol University (MU) is developing versions of its new dust allergy vaccine that patients will be able to use at home, reducing their risk of being exposed to Covid-19.

 

MU’s Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital earlier announced it had successfully developed Southeast Asia’s first dust allergy vaccine, which has been registered with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is protecting patients who are allergic to dust mites.

 

Prof Dr Pongsakorn Tantilipikorn, who heads the team developing dust allergy vaccines, found that 30-40 per cent of the Thai population are allergic to dust mites, which are the main cause of respiratory allergies in Asia and tropical countries.

 

Allergic reactions to dust mites include itchy eyes, stuffy nose, sneezing and runny nose. Patients may also suffer asthma-like symptoms – but never a fever, as seen in Covid-19 cases.

 

Dr Pongsakorn said his team would develop new delivery systems for the vaccine, including a nasal spray and under-the-tongue tablet, so patients could self-administer the drug at home rather than visit a hospital for monthly injections. This would reduce the risk of them being exposed to Covid-19 when travelling outside the house, he added.

 

MU's allergy vaccination research and development team is now planning to develop vaccines for people who are allergic to cats, dogs, or cockroaches, and also vaccines for people who are allergic to pollen, grass and weeds.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30389009?utm_source=category&utm_medium=internal_referral

 

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7 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

 

MU's allergy vaccination research and development team is now planning to develop vaccines for people who are allergic to cats, dogs, or cockroaches

Any chance of a Ladyboy one whilst your at it .?

 

9 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

and also vaccines for people who are allergic to pollen, grass and weeds.

All 3 of those are used to describe Ganj' .. 

You can't develop a vaccine for an allergy. Its not a virus! You can get allergy shots for dust mites, they've been available for years.

 

Please don't tell me these people are proper doctors. Do they get an honorary bone through their noses when they qualify?

 

 

Edited June 3, 20206 yr by Phil McCaverty

15 minutes ago, Phil McCaverty said:

You can't develop a vaccine for an allergy. Its not a virus! You can get allergy shots for dust mites, they've been available for years.

 

Please don't tell me these people are proper doctors. Do they get an honorary bone through their noses when they qualify?

 

 

In terms of modern "vaccines" that is  not really accurate.

Allergies  are often an immune response for which "vaccines" have  been  developed  to counteract that response. In a similar  sense  the  current frantic  search  for a  "vaccine" against  Covid-19 is  not specifically a direct  destroyer of the  virus  but an interruption of the way it invades tissues to proliferate.

A vaccine is primarily an antigen to prevent the onset of a  disease or symptomatic cause.

 

13 minutes ago, Dumbastheycome said:

In terms of modern "vaccines" that is  not really accurate.

Allergies  are often an immune response for which "vaccines" have  been  developed  to counteract that response. In a similar  sense  the  current frantic  search  for a  "vaccine" against  Covid-19 is  not specifically a direct  destroyer of the  virus  but an interruption of the way it invades tissues to proliferate.

A vaccine is primarily an antigen to prevent the onset of a  disease or symptomatic cause.

 

Vaccines are developed for viruses. Dust mite shots are Subcutaneous Immunotherapy (SCIT) injections which are given as a course of subcutaneous injections. Can take years to take full effect.. No communality whatsoever.

 

I have suffered from an allergy to dust mite since I was a young child. When 9 years old I had an attack in the night that left me 30 minutes from death when the doctor arrived.

 

Please don't try to teach your granny to suck eggs.

5 minutes ago, Phil McCaverty said:

Vaccines are developed for viruses. Dust mite shots are Subcutaneous Immunotherapy (SCIT) injections which are given as a course of subcutaneous injections. Can take years to take full effect.. No communality whatsoever.

 

I have suffered from an allergy to dust mite since I was a young child. When 9 years old I had an attack in the night that left me 30 minutes from death when the doctor arrived.

 

Please don't try to teach your granny to suck eggs.

MY apologies  Granny.

Perhaps  you need  put aside  your personal trauma and check the definition of a  vaccine? You  do include in your retort  the  word "immuno"...therapy.

Vaccines  are  not  exclusive  to  virus. They are also  applied  to bacteria  and rickettsiae.

 

or maybe start to use a hepa vacuum cleaner instead of pushing the dust from one place to another

 

hahaha, vaccines, for nothing & everything

 

asthma is rather an allergy to crappy food with chemicals (inside and out)

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Dr Pongsakorn said his team would develop new delivery systems for the vaccine

Missiles will be imported from North Korea?