Survey ShowsAllergies Taking A Toll On America’s Youth (NAPSA)—Kidsarefeelingtired, miserable and irritable. They’re underperforming at school. Andall becauseof...allergies? The findings of the landmark Pediatric Allergies in America” Survey report that far too many of our children are putting up with bothersomeallergy symptomslike stuffy noses, coughing and sneezing that are getting in the way of daily life. baer | are twice as likely to say that allergies limit their children’s activities compared to parents whosechildren did not suffer from allergies. e Interfere with school. Forty percent of children with allergic rhinitis report their condi- 10 percent of children without allergic rhinitis. Disrupt children’s sleep. Forty percent of parents indicated that their child’s allergies interfere “a lot or somewhat” with their sleep. “This survey shows that kids, just like adults, are not happy with the allergy relief they are currently getting. This is one reason why nasal allergy sufferers sometimes stop or switch medications,” said Dr. Blaiss. “Having a treatment that works—and is safe—is important to children and adults whose nasal allergy symptoms interfere with everydaylife.” The Pediatric Allergies in America Survey, conducted by the national public opinion research organization Schulman, Ronca and Bucuvalas, Inc. (SRBIJ), is sponsored by Sepracor Inc., U.S. distributors of OMNARIS”™(ciclesonide) Nasal Spray. The survey findings were presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting and endorsed by the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. mance at school compared to only www.myallergiesinamerica.com. This, the largest, most compre- hensive national survey of its kind, is sounding an alarm among experts. It turns out that better managementof allergic rhinitis (commonly known as “hay fever”) is just what the doctor ordered. “Our nation’s children are being sidelined by allergies,” said Michael Blaiss, M.D., Clinical Pro- fessor of Pediatrics and Medicine at the University of Tennessee and consultant for Sepracor Ince. “This survey is a wake-up call for parents and health care providers that our kids need effective and safe allergy symptom relief so they can get on with the business of being kids.” The survey suggests that allergy symptoms unnecessarily: e Limit children’s activities. Parents of children with allergies tion interferes with their perfor- For more information, visit
