Severe Allergic Asthma (SAA) | Ask Alia

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Asthma is an inflammatory condition of the lungs. It is classified as severe if the symptoms remain uncontrolled when taking high dose medications and inhalers correctly. There are treatments that can help reduce asthma symptoms and associated effects on a person’s life.

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Understanding SAA

Allergic asthma is the most common type of asthma, around 80% of people with asthma have positive allergy test results. There are many triggers.

If your allergic asthma is uncontrolled by high dose medication and inhalers your condition is classed as severe.

Common triggers or allergens for severe allergic asthma

Treating SAA

The active substance in Xolair is called omalizumab. Omalizumab is a medicine specifically used to help manage the symptoms of allergic asthma.

It is an add-on treatment to your preventer medicine; that is one you take regularly, regardless of your level of asthma symptoms, to help reduce the level of inflammation in your airways.

Xolair works by seeking out IgE circulating in your blood and grabs it before the IgE can grab allergens to take them to mast cells, triggering your allergic asthma.

Learn how to inject Xolair at home

Although you have been fully trained by a doctor, nurse or pharmacist on how to self inject Xolair, it may seem like there is a lot to consider before you inject Xolair at home.

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Additional SAA resources

Further resources that you might find useful can be found here including an autoinjector pen instructions for preparation and use, and a guide to self-injection.

Xolair auto injector pen instructions
Using Xolair at home

If you have any questions about your condition or how to use Xolair at home please speak to your doctor or refer to the Consumer Medicine Information.

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