Abstract
We ask if, and if so why, atopic diseases may have grown in number during the last decades. Genetic and demographic factors do, in our opinion, outweigh the role of environmental pollution. We warn against setting high hopes in all to simple and thus dangerous therapies, e.g. rigid food-plans. Conversely we demonstrate the safe and long-term success of climatotherapy, as it can be achieved in the Deutsche Klinik fur Dermatologie und Allergie Davos - Alexanderhausklinik -. The high-mountain valley of Davos with it's combination of altitude radiation, low atmospheric humidity and it's light, but steady winds is the mainstay of successful therapy.
| Translated title of the contribution | Atopy and allergy: Scientific and therapeutic challenge of our time |
|---|---|
| Original language | German |
| Pages (from-to) | 9-19 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | H+G Zeitschrift fur Hautkrankheiten |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue number | SUPPL. 2 |
| State | Published - 1991 |
