THE National Asthma Council Australia (NAC) has release an updated thunderstorm asthma information paper ahead of forecast high to extreme pollen levels in Victoria.
NAC Guidelines Committee Chair, Professor Nick Zwar, urged health professionals to be aware of the risks around thunderstorm asthma.
"Thunderstorm-triggered asthma is more clinically important to highlight than thunderstorm asthma epidemics so that information is now right at the start of the paper," he said.
"As a safety precaution in south-eastern Australia over the coming weeks, people with seasonal allergic rhinitis should be given preventive advice about thunderstorm asthma."
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