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Allergy to these arthropods is responsible for a goodly percentage of cases of asthma, rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis. There is also substantial evidence that it causes nonspecific bronchial hyperreactivity, so that symptoms may be triggered by tobacco smoke, cold air, emotion, and exercise. Sensitivity to the organisms should be ruled out in all allergic patients.
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Platts‐Mills et al. (1987) studied this question.
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