Adolescents and Young Adults with Allergy and Asthma

Journal of Allergy & Therapy is a peer-reviewed journal covers a broad spectrum of topics, including allergy, allergic rhinitis, asthma, drug allergies, atopic dermatitis, clinical immunology, hypersensitivity, saliva allergy, reactive airways dysfunction syndrome, irritant-induced asthma, reactive attachment disorder (RADS) syndrome, oil and vitamin-associated inflammation, allergy-associated skin tests and their interpretation, allergy test results scale, ethanol-associated allergy, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and more.
Asthma and allergies are two of the most prevalent chronic illnesses. Furthermore, among Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA), or people between the ages of 11 and 25, allergy disorders and asthma are becoming increasingly common and severe. According to research, AYA have greater incidence of deadly food allergies and asthma deaths than younger kids, in part because they take more risks and don't follow their treatment plans as closely. Furthermore, compared to AYA with other chronic diseases, AYA with Food Allergies (FA) have a worse Quality of Life (QoL). These results show that in order to fulfil their age- and disease-related demands, AYA with allergy disorders need specialised resources and healthcare programmes. Young adulthood and adolescence are crucial developmental stages that involve major psychological, biological, and social changes. Teenagers must transition from being dependent on their parents or other caregivers to becoming responsibility for their own health and well-being as adults as they approach maturity. Whether there is a single allergy clinic serving all age groups or separate paediatric and adult clinics, neither affects this. As young people get ready to switch from child- to adult-centered health care, transition is described as "an active and dynamic process that meets the medical, psychosocial, and educational needs of young people." Therefore, it goes beyond simply transferring patient data and disease histories to an adult healthcare context. Importantly, transition also entails giving AYA with chronic allergy illnesses the support they need in order to become self-sufficient adult patients. According to earlier research, the majority of AYA and their parents are unhappy with how the transition process has gone for them. Only 41% of AYA with special healthcare needs met the transition core outcomes, such as whether the Healthcare Professional (HCP) had discussed transition to adult medical services, health care needs, health insurance, or had encouraged the AYA to self-manage their disease, and only 42% of AYA had discussed transition care with their HCP. Young adults with sickle cell disease have expressed concern about the care they will receive in adult healthcare services because they are afraid to part with a familiar and reliable pediatric doctor. An extensive list of fixed and modifiable factors, such as psychological, social/environmental, behavioral, and patient-HCP relationship factors, will affect self-management and, ultimately, health outcomes, according to a recent systematic review on the difficulties AYA with allergy and asthma face.